Unit 9: Sectionalism

Unit 9: Sectionalism

KG - University

20 Qs

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Unit 9: Sectionalism

Unit 9: Sectionalism

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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. 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

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