Events Leading To The Civil War Question Preview (ID: 34310)


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As cotton production grew in the South, so did the dependence on _____.
a) gin
b) slavery
c) the railroad
d) tobacco

In the 1800s, ___________.
a) slavery was supported throughout the U.S.
b) slavery was not supported anywhere in the U.S.
c) slavery became a divisive issue between the North and the South
d) slavery became a divisive issue between Georgia and the rest of the South

Northerners _____ slavery.
a) opposed
b) did not oppose
c) supported
d) supposed

It was often cheaper for southerners to _____.
a) provide education and insurance for their slaves
b) grow tropical fruits instead of cotton
c) buy things from Europe instead of the North
d) buy things from the North instead of the Europe

President Jackson put a tariff on _____ in 1828 to help northern industries.
a) northern goods
b) imported goods
c) southern goods
d) slaves

Southerners expressed their anger about the tariff in the _____.
a) nullification controversy
b) tariff controversy
c) Southern nullifcation
d) Northern nullification

Southerners wanted to nullify the federal tariff on imported goods, saying it was ____.
a) not valid in the North
b) not valid in the U.S
c) valid only in their state
d) not valid in their state

Congress ended the crisis by _____ in 1833.
a) raising the tariff
b) raising the tariff in the South
c) lowering the tariff
d) lowering the tariff in the North

The nullification controversy showed how strongly southerners felt about _____.
a) slavery
b) tariffs
c) states' rights
d) federal rights

Arguments arose over whether or not _____ should be allowed in new states of the Union.
a) rum
b) slavery
c) tariffs
d) nullfication

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