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| | :The North supported higher tariffs because it was a manufacturing center and tariffs helped it to outsell foreign competition. The South, on the other hand, was an agricultural economy, and it needed to buy machinery and manufactured goods in order to produce its cotton and other cash crops. Higher US tariffs meant more expensive machinery, and that the South’s agricultural products might face tariffs in other countries and thus be imported by other countries at lower levels. (Addison) | | :The North supported higher tariffs because it was a manufacturing center and tariffs helped it to outsell foreign competition. The South, on the other hand, was an agricultural economy, and it needed to buy machinery and manufactured goods in order to produce its cotton and other cash crops. Higher US tariffs meant more expensive machinery, and that the South’s agricultural products might face tariffs in other countries and thus be imported by other countries at lower levels. (Addison) |
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| | + | :The North supported higher tariffs because they protected their manufacturing companies against competition by foreign manufacturers. This gave the Northern manufacturers control of the market. The South opposed tariffs, because it caused them to pay more for imported equipment and goods. The foreign nations retaliated by imposing similar tariffs on the cotton exported by the South, making competition in foreign markets harder, and thus reducing the southern farmers’ revenue. Raising the price of foreign goods reduced the amount of goods to be transported back to the United States on the ships returning from transporting the cotton over to Europe. These half-empty returning ships further increased the price of getting the cotton to market and therefore further reduced their profit margin. These tariffs became a leading cause of the Civil War. (Katy) |
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| | 2. Do you think States have the right to secede from (leave) the United States? Discuss, including a mention of "nullification doctrine." | | 2. Do you think States have the right to secede from (leave) the United States? Discuss, including a mention of "nullification doctrine." |
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| | 3. Who was the most politically conservative of the early presidents, after George Washington? Explain. | | 3. Who was the most politically conservative of the early presidents, after George Washington? Explain. |
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| | + | :James Monroe: He realized even before the Government became conceivably intrusive that a goal of Government should be to downsize itself. He saved money by demilitarizing our border with Canada, vetoing Government built roads, and making sure Europe and America did not interfere with each other. (Paul) |
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| | :The most conservative president of the early presidents was either Abraham Lincoln or James Monroe. Lincoln, most notably because he led his country through the Civil War, destroyed slavery, and was also homeschooled. And Monroe mostly because of his Monroe Doctrine, which basically said that Europe could not add new colonies or even interfere with the West. This is still used quite effectively today. (Daniel) | | :The most conservative president of the early presidents was either Abraham Lincoln or James Monroe. Lincoln, most notably because he led his country through the Civil War, destroyed slavery, and was also homeschooled. And Monroe mostly because of his Monroe Doctrine, which basically said that Europe could not add new colonies or even interfere with the West. This is still used quite effectively today. (Daniel) |
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| | :That there is a republic of Texas. (Blaise) | | :That there is a republic of Texas. (Blaise) |
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| | + | :The thing that surprised me most about the map of the United States in 1840 was the amount of land that was still claimed by Britain. (Jon) |
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| | H1. I think we overpaid in buying the Louisiana Purchase, and that it was unconstitutional also. Do you agree? | | H1. I think we overpaid in buying the Louisiana Purchase, and that it was unconstitutional also. Do you agree? |
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| | H4. It is said that Andrew Jackson was the first modern president. Why, and would you have voted for him? | | H4. It is said that Andrew Jackson was the first modern president. Why, and would you have voted for him? |
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| − | : | + | :... Jackson established the powerful tools of the modern presidency. These included vetoing bills of Congress to prevent them from becoming law, removing people from office when the President disagreed with them, and using executive orders as President to give his views on the power of law. ... (Katy) |
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| | H5. Some issues are so divisive -- and so wrong -- that they cause infringement of other constitutional rights. Give a few examples from history, and today. | | H5. Some issues are so divisive -- and so wrong -- that they cause infringement of other constitutional rights. Give a few examples from history, and today. |
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