FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

ANTEBELLUM ERA EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Why did S.C. not like the Tariff of 1832?

Answer:

It made manufactured goods (like textiles) that the South needed more expensive. They were also concerned that Britain would levy tariffs on goods like cotton in retaliation so the South would be able to sell less and lose money.

Question 2: Which political concept, championed by John

• Calhoun, stressed that states should have more control and decision making power than the

federal government?

Answer:

States Rights

Question 3: What argument regarding laws was made by John

• Calhoun in "South Carolina Exposition and Protest?"

Answer:

States have the right to declare laws unconstitutional and may call a special state convention to nullify them.

Question 4: Which region benefitted from tariffs?

Answer:

The North Question 5: Which vocabulary word is used to refer to the time period before the Civil War?

Answer:

Antebellum

Question 6: How did nationalism influence politics in the Antebellum US?

Answer:

For a period of time, it created regional unity and minimized sectional differences.Question 7: What is the concept that the Union is an agreement among states and that a state has the right to refuse to enforce a law it believes is unconstitutional?

Answer:

Nullification Question 8: Which vocabulary word means an exaggerated pride or patriotism for one's country or the belief that the needs of the nation come before the needs of the individual states or region?

Answer:

Nationalism Question 9: What name was given to the route travelled by the Cherokee as they were relocated to western lands?

Answer:

Trail of Tears

Question 10: Why was the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed?

Answer:

Colonists wanted to expand westward so Natives were forced off of their lands and onto reservation lands. Whi

Question 11: How did the invention of the cotton gin cause slavery to spread?

Answer:

It made it more profitable to grow cotton which caused cotton and cotton plantations to spread and increased the need for labor on the plantations.

Question 12: What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the US?

Answer:

It doubled the size of the country providing new land for farming allowing agriculture to spread west.Question 13: Which vocabulary word means and intense focus on local or regional issues or needs

Answer:

Sectionalism Question 14: Who bought most of the South's cotton during the antebellum period?

Answer:

The North and Britain Question 15: Under Henry Clay's American System, how were tariffs going to be used?

Answer:

High tariffs would promote U.S. industry and generate money for internal improvements (build roads, railroads and canals).This helps western and southern farmers by linking them to growing cities and making it easier for them get goods to market.

Question 16: Which political argument, presented by John

• Calhoun was based on his belief in state's rights, or the concept that states have more power

than the federal government?

Answer:

States should be able to nullify laws they thought were unconstitutional (nullification).Question 17: Which vocabulary word was used to describe someone who wanted to do away with slavery?

Answer:

Abolitionist

Question 18: Which vocabulary words means to cancel or make a law invalid?

Answer:

Nullify Question 19: Though a compromise was found, what was the lasting impact of the Nullification Crisis?

Answer:

It increased tension between southern states and the federal government and took the southern states one step closer to seceding from the Union.Question 20: What tax on imported goods angered SC and sparked the nullification crisis?

Answer:

Tariff of Abominations Question 21: Which S.C. Senator was the chief spokesperson for state's rights and nullification and threatened to nullify the tariff?

Answer:

John

• Calhoun

Question 22: Which vocabulary word means to formally give up control of or surrender to?

Answer:

Cede Question 23: Which region had an emerging economy based on farming food crops, and increasing population and both slave states and free states?

Answer:

The West Question 24: Which region had an economy based on industry and manufacturing, an increasing population because of European immigration and no slavery?

Answer:

The North