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Examining Key Issues EXPLAIN option. DIRECTIONS: Read the historical scenario below, then select how you feel the government should respond to this situation. Write your choice in the space below and explain why you chose that Scenario: A Nation Divided In 1860, the nation was divided into the North and South. The South was mostly agricultural and it relied on slave labor to produce the large amounts of tobacco and cotton which was traded with and sold to other countries. The South believed that individual states should have the power to decide what was best for them in regards to slavery, tariffs (taxes on trade), and how much power they have in Congress. They worried that if the federal government outlawed slavery, their economy would collapse. The North was based on industry and factories. They did not need slaves to have successful businesses because they relied on cheap immigrant labor. Most northerners believed that the federal government had the authority to tell the southern states to end slavery and that it should do so. The tensions in the nation were about the following issues: slavery, state vs. federal power. Do you think that states should always have the authority to make decisions that are best for them even if these decisions go against the wishes of the federal government? A B C Yes. Slavery is immoral, but states No. By using slave labor, the South Neither side is right all of the should have the power to decide was acting against the principles time. There needs to be a way whether or not they will allow it. established by the Founding to discuss and deliberate these The 10th Amendment says that all Fathers and disobeying the absolute important issues. We should be issues not decided by the federal authority of the federal government. |able to find a way to compromise. government should be left to the The Constitution says that Congress | However, some issues are morally states to decide. Slavery is not should make all decisions about wrong and shouldn't be allowed mentioned in the Constitution and trade and commerce. This means by any government. For all issues should be left to the states. The the issue of slavery and trade in the Constitution, the federal federal government should not be should be decided in Congress. government should override the able to make a decision that could Congress can fairly represent of all state governments. Everything ruin a state's economy. the states. not mentioned in the Constitution should be decided by the states. If the federal government does not respond to the will of the people or the states, should we have the right to revolt? A B C Yes! Thomas Jefferson said, "The No! Daniel Webster said, "Liberty Only as a last resort. Abraham tree of liberty must be refreshed and Union, Now and Forever, One Lincoln said, "A house divided from time to time with the blood of and Inseparable." against itself cannot stand... this patriots and tyrants." government cannot endure... half slave and half free." lifelong Civics (Revised 2022) LEP 1 L4L-Civics (2021) 25