Nullification Crisis

Target entity: Nullification Crisis
Context triple: [Jacksonian era, hasPart, Nullification Crisis]

• A. Compromise of 1850
  The Compromise of 1850 was a package of U.S. laws intended to ease sectional tensions over slavery and territorial expansion, notably admitting California as a free state while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act.
• B. Wilmington insurrection of 1898
  The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.
• C. McCulloch v. Maryland
  McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
• D. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
• E. Gibbons v. Ogden
  Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Nullification Crisis
Target entity description: The Nullification Crisis was an early 1830s political confrontation between the U.S. federal government and South Carolina over the state's attempt to nullify federal tariffs, testing the limits of states' rights and federal authority.

• A. Compromise of 1850
  The Compromise of 1850 was a package of U.S. laws intended to ease sectional tensions over slavery and territorial expansion, notably admitting California as a free state while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act.
• B. Wilmington insurrection of 1898
  The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, in which elected Black and biracial city leaders were overthrown, Black residents were terrorized and killed, and a democratically elected government was replaced by white Democrats.
• C. McCulloch v. Maryland
  McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
• D. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
• E. Gibbons v. Ogden
  Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
• F. None of above. chosen