Unit 9: Sectionalism

Which event is the BEST example of a conflict over states' rights?

• Trail of Tears
• The War of 1812
• The Compromise of 1850
• The Nullification Crisis

When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?

• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• John C. Calhoun
• William H. Harrison

The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of Mexican American War. It showed the power of the _______.

• North
• South
• West

California was initially admitted as a "free state" while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up?

• Wilmot Proviso
• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Before the Civil War began, which issue played the GREATEST role in increasing tension and conflict between northern and southern state?

• northern opposition to the Tariff of 1832
• westward expansion and the issue of how to seize land owned by the Native Americans
• westward expansion and the issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
• the Indian Removal Act, the "Trail of Tears," and the creation of Indian reservations in Oklahoma. 

Under the Missouri Compromise, what happened when Missouri was admitted as a slave state. 

• Slavery was outlawed in the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
• A Fugitive Slave Law was agreed upon
• Maine was admitted as a free state
• Texas was admitted as a slave state

How did the concept of popular sovereignty decide the future of slavery in a territory?

• Voters in neighboring states would decide the slavery issue
• Congress would decide the issue of slavery for the state
• A territory's voters would choose to be a slave or free state
• The president would decide if a territory were to be slave or free.

Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in  U.S. politics?

• Debate over tariffs
• expansion of slavery
• U.S. policy of newtrality
• Growth of cities

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• It abolished the tariff of abominations
• It said that Slaves were property not people
• It stated that a slave was free upon his master's death
• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following literary works of Harriet Beecher Stowe supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?

• Up From Slavery
• Gone with the Wind
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Jungle