The Nullification Crisis

question 116

Multiple Choice

The nullification crisis:

• A) involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.
• B) was based on southern concerns that tariffs were preventing the South from industrializing as fast as the North.
• C) largely concerned the opposition of southwestern planters to federally financed internal improvements.
• D) brought Andrew Jackson and John C.Calhoun closer together politically.
• E) attracted support from Whigs like Daniel Webster,who saw it as an opportunity to embarrass and annoy Jackson.

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