Sectionalism

The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around

• the annexation of Texas
• Jackson's war on the bank
• The extension of slavery into Missouri
• Southern opposition to tariffs

Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth: All of these were figures in which social movement?

• Abolitionist
• Temperance
• Education
• Suffrage

Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848?

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Vera Cruz
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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

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. 

Which statement BEST identifies a positive effect of westward expansion in the years before the Civil War?

• Westward expansion led to loss of life and territory for the Native Americans
• Westward expansion added to the growing conflict between "free" and "slave" states before the civil war
• Westward expansion led to an economic boom in the Midwest, as new cities and markets were connected by rail and canals
• Westward expansion led to increased numbers of slaves in the west, as southern cotton planters sought new lands to make greater profits

A new philosophy formulated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, that emphasized the value of the simple life and the truth found in nature.

• Romanticism
• Transcendentalism
• Second Great Awakening
• Utopia

This religious movement that swept the nation shortly after 1790 is known as ________.

• Great Awakening
• Transcendentalism
• Second Great Awakening
• Utopia

Born into slavery, this great writer and speaker escaped to the North, where he worked to achieve freedom of slaves through nonviolent means.

• William Lloyd Garrison
• Nat Turner
• David Walker
• Frederick Douglass