Many Southerners felt slavery was an economic necessity. Many Northerners felt that slavery was morally wrong. Northern factories wanted tariffs to help their industry which hurt Southerners buying goods in Europe with their cotton exports. When Calhoun wanted to nullify the tariff, Andrew Jackson said he would bring in the US Army to stop him. The Missouri Compromise was done to keep the number of slave and free states equal. These were band aids to keep the country <span>together and worked until 1861, when South Carolina seceded from the Union.</span>
<span>Railroad, steel mill, oil and other industrial businessmen were called robber barons. The connotation was often used during the American Great Depression in the 1930's. It was alleged the owners such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon and John D. Rockefeller amassed their fortunes using unethical and exploitative practices to build their financial empires. This included not just unfair and harsh treatment of workers but also accusations of swindling and bribery of officials to accomplish monopolies, licensing, zoning, and other favorable treatment to build and expand the businesses.</span>
C. the republic and empire both had a professional army
<span>False: In the late 1500s, English pirates such as Sir Francis Drake had success stealing Spanish treasure on its way from the Americas to Europe</span>
