In the early and mid-1800s, sectionalism was strongest
in the West, where people felt their way of life depended on agriculture.
in the West, where people were opposed to the rise of ranching.
in the North, where people felt other regions saw them as uncivilized.
in the South, where people felt their economy depended on slavery.
Henry Clay’s American System, which was established in the early 1800s,
placed tariffs on Southern goods to benefit people in the North.
placed tariffs on foreign imports to build roads and infrastructure.
was a compromise that brought the Nullification Crisis to an end.
lowered prices for imports, which became cheaper than American goods.
South Carolina eventually repealed its Ordinance of Nullification in exchange for
the passage of a congressional bill giving the president the power to collect taxes by force.
the immediate elimination of all tariffs and a federal declaration that nullification was constitutional.
the passage of a congressional bill removing the power of the president to collect taxes by force.
the federal elimination of the Tariff of 1828 and a gradual reduction on import taxes over a decade.
Which of the following describes nullification?
a strong loyalty to a state or region, sometimes at the expense of a nation
the idea that states have powers separate from the federal government
the idea that a state could refuse to follow a federal law it disagreed with
a system that divides power between national and state governments
