Dr. Murray AP U.S.

History, 2013-14 12/10/2013

Happy Snow Day! In accordance with the rules laid down, in its infinite majesty, by The Pingry School, I am giving you the following snow day assignment. It will be due on C-Day Thursday!, when I see you guys again. "eh--and you thought you could s#end the entire day watching that $ouTube cli# of the cat flushing the toilet over and over again%! &e will '(T have the time to discuss the nullification crisis, the )*an+ &ar,, or the first slavery reading in de#th during class, so try to do as good as job on this assignment as you can. I-m assuming that all of you have already com#leted the Day . reading that was due today. /ost of Thursday-s class will be devoted to discussing that reading. *ut we will briefly discuss this assignment as well. Write THREE short paragraphs in which you address (or at least begin to address) the issues raised by each of the following three sets of questions !) Why did southern politicians (specifically" in South #arolina) e$pect %ac&son to support their position on the tariff''and their position on nullification( How did %ac&son respond" and what does his response tell you about %ac&son)s *iewpoint on the +national so*ereignty *s state so*ereignty, issue( %ac&son was e$pected by the southern politicians to support the Tariff because he was" as a Southerner elected to office so that he could -a&e the South thri*e as -uch as the .orth was thri*ing at the ti-e Southerners e$pected hi- to cha-pion their rights His response was that this blatant disregard for authority and the constitution -eant that South #arolina needed to be dealt with quic&ly so that the rest of states in the union would understand that this was not an option He e*en considered sending troops to enforce laws" but the Tariff was soon altered with the acco-pani-ent of a co-pro-ise bill /) What does the so'called +0an& War, tell you about how 1-ericans at the ti-e *iewed the rise of a national -ar&et and the a*erage citi2en)s increasing e$posure to i-personal -ar&et forces( Why was the 0an& hated by so -any people (including %ac&son)( 3utting aside all the confusing twists and turns in the story" what is the ulti-ate significance of the +0an& War,( What were its consequences( 4) How pre*alent was the institution of sla*ery in the antebellu- South( What percentage of the white co--unity actually owned sla*es( What percentage of the white co--unity had a substantial in*est-ent in the institution of sla*ery (i e " what percentage could be classified as planters)( 5i*en that so few whites econo-ically benefited frosla*ery" why was the institution defended so aggressi*ely by antebellu- southerners( (This is a co-plicated question 6 don)t e$pect a thorough answer to it right now ) How

did ensla*ed 1frican 1-ericans atte-pt to -aintain their hu-anity and their dignity in the face of this inhu-ane and degrading institution" gi*en that ar-ed resistance had pro*en to be suicidal(