The Age of Jackson: more voters, the nullification crisis and the bank fight

Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   In Noah's chain, what is a tariff?

   • A loan from a bank
   • A tax on cotton grown in the South
   • A tax on imported goods
   • A vote to cancel a law
3. 2.

   Ren reads the word nullification. What does it mean in the chain?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Declaring a federal law void in a state
   • The President vetoing a bill passed by Congress
   • Congress raising a tariff
   • A state leaving the Union
4. 3.

   Which result was not intended by Jackson, Zee asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • South Carolina withdrawing its nullification
   • The states' rights argument went on
   • The Force Bill
   • The compromise tariff
5. 4.

   Why did South Carolina leaders object to the tariffs, Ari asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • They said the tariffs hurt the South
   • Jackson asked them to
   • They wanted higher tariffs
   • The tariffs taxed Southern cotton
6. 5.

   Which two boxes follow South Carolina's nullification, Bo asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • The Force Bill and a compromise tariff
   • The veto and the panic
   • Calhoun's argument and the tariff
   • The tariffs of 1828 and 1832, then the complaints
7. 6.

   How many years passed from the 1828 tariff to the 1833 compromise, Esme asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 5 years
   • 1 year
   • 15 years
   • 3,661 years
8. 7.

   Who wrote the argument for nullification, by the note, Jun asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Henry Clay
   • Andrew Jackson
   • John Quincy Adams
   • John C. Calhoun
9. 8.

   Why did Congress pass the Force Bill, by the chain, Kira asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • To pay South Carolina
   • To let the army help collect the tariff
   • To raise the tariff
   • To let states cancel laws
10. 9.

    Which sentence about how the crisis ended is careful, Luz asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The tariff was ended forever
    • South Carolina left the Union in 1833 over tariffs
    • Both sides gave ground; the dispute went on
    • Jackson used the army to win
11. 10.

    Milo's note says, "Jackson agreed that a state could cancel a federal law." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Change "Jackson" to "Johnson"
    • Change it: Calhoun said no state could
    • Leave it: Jackson agreed
    • Change it: Jackson said no state could