nullification crisis and states rights l2

7/27/2019 Nullification Crisis and States Rights L2

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EOCT Review Questions2. The Enlightenment is BEST

described as what?

a. the document declaring U.S.

independence

b. a historical period featuring new

thoughts on government and politics

c. the moment it became clear the

colonies should be independent.

d. the ideas of British philosophers


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Unit 4: A Nation Divided

Lesson 2: Tensions over Slavery

and popular sovereignty


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Tensions over slavery and

states rights The tension over slavery that

strengthened during the early 1800s

became an extension of the states rights

issue

Rather than state leaders arguing over

whether the institution of slavery was right

or wrong, they began to argue over whohad the power (the states or the National

Government) to decide whether or not to

allow slavery in a territory/state


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The States Rights argument

The states rights dates back to creationof the Constitution- They argued that,

the Federal Government should only be

allowed to do things SPECIFICALLYlisted in the Constitution of the United

States.

Opinion: Whose right is it to tell stateswhat they can or cant do? Can states

decide for themselves? Or should there

be unity within the country?


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Northern and Southern

economies The North:

Fishing, shipbuilding industry and naval

supplies

Skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers,manufacturing (textiles, tools, metals,

building materials, etc.)

Benefits from cheaper American

manufactured goods (more people willbuy American products


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Northern and Southern

Economies The South:

Large farms/plantations, cash crops

(tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton), wood

products, small farms

Dependent on slavery


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The Nullification Crisis

During the early 1800s, there was a rise ofmanufacturing in the North. The National

government began imposing Tariffs in order to

help out the Norths manufacturing business

Imports = foreign goods

Tariff = tax on imports

Tariffs = more expensive foreign goods,

which means

Tariffs = less expensive domestic goods

Does this sound like a good idea?


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Tariffs sound good, right?

Tariffs were good for the north, as

manufacturing was more concentratedthere

But, tariffs werent as helpful for the

southern economy, which requires tradingraw materials with foreign countries

Tariffs = less Americans buying foreign

goods Tariffs = less foreign trade = less foreign

countries buying cotton produced in the

south=BAD FOR SOUTH


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In 1828 Congress passed high tariffs to protect

manufactured goods.

Who are the supporters and opponents

of these tariffs?


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Nullification Crisis

South Carolina (led by the Vice President of

the time, John C. Calhoun) disliked the

oppressive new tariff

They declared to nullify or get rid of, the

federal law, meaning they would not

enforce the tariff in South Carolina

If the National Government forced them to

comply, they threatened secession

(separation from the Union)


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Force Bill and Compromise

The current President, Andrew

Jackson, requested that Congress

authorize him to use military force inorder to force SC to comply with the

tariff

At the same time, a compromise tariffwas passed in Congress that reduced

tariffs within 10 years

So, no nullification, and no secession


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Effects of the Nullification

Crisis1. Increasing sectionalism (Differences

between North and South)

2. More conflict over states rights and

slavery


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The Big Picture

How does this issue between SC and

the National Government reflect the

states rights issue? How was this issue related to slavery?

Read the opposing arguments of John

Calhoun and William Lloyd Garrison tofind out.


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Concept Cups

Topic: Nullification Crisis

Which concept cup does the topic belong

in? WHY?


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Read the South Carolina

Protest Read the excerpts from the primary

source, South Carolina Exposition and

protest Discussion: why was South Carolina so

upset about the Tariff of 1828 (aka the

Tariff of Abominations?)? What wasthe bigger issue?

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