Unit 9 Sectionalism Review

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Which part of the excerpt shows that this document was written by pro-slavery Southerners? Options: A We, the people of the Territory of Kansas, by our representatives… B The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves C The legislature shall have power to exclude from the privilege of voting D The chief executive power of this State shall be vested in a governor

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The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves

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Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen? Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

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Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

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Which diagram correctly compares two regions of the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?

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C

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Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas. Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856. Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas. The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south.

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Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

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Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown in the table? Options: The South had a society that relied on wage labor., The South had an economy that relied on cotton., The South had a variety of natural resources., The South had an abundance of large cities.

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The South had an economy that relied on cotton.

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What was one result of the law described above?

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Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

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What is the central message of the above quote from Abraham Lincoln’s address to Congress?

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States do not have the legal ability to secede from the United States

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Which statement from the above text BEST provides evidence for the answer to Lincoln's central message? Options: No one of our States, except Texas, ever was a sovereignty; Constitution to be for her the supreme law of the land; The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status.; The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty.

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The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status.

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These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case? McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Worcester v. Georgia

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table? Options: Large farms; Slaves used for labor, Mining; Metal ores and minerals, Cottage industry; Mild weather that attracted immigrants, Ranching; Railroads to transport cattle to market

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Ranching; Railroads to transport cattle to market