Author Question: During the antebellum period, the American political system A) collapsed. B) fragmented into a ... (Read 84 times)

tfester · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

During the antebellum period, the American political system

A) collapsed.
B) fragmented into a multiple-party system.
C) became more democratic.
D) came under the control of a business elite.
E) came to look more and more like the British system.

Question 2

What was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification Crisis?

A) South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff.
B) The New England states claimed that they could secede from the Union if they desired.
C) Virginia argued that Congress could not regulate trade on rivers or lakes.
D) New York demanded that the larger states be given more senators than small states
E) Massachusetts asserted that state laws took precedence over federal legislation.