Sectionalism

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secession

Answer explanation

Sectionalism means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country, making it the correct choice in this context.

Every state north of Missouri's southern border had to be what kind of state?

• Free

• Slave

• Frontier

• Sovereign

Answer explanation

Every state north of Missouri's southern border had to be a Free state, as per historical context and legislation during that time period.

What idea was introduced by the Compromise of 1850?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Sucession

• Limited Government

• Fugitive Slave Law

Answer explanation

The Compromise of 1850 introduced the idea of Popular Sovereignty, allowing territories to decide on the issue of slavery through popular vote.

Who is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?

• Stephen Douglas

• Plessy Ferguson

• Dred Scott

• Fredrick Douglas

Answer explanation

Dred Scott is the slave or former slave who lost, won, and lost his case before taking it to the Federal Supreme Court and ultimately losing in his quest for freedom.

How did the Federal Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?

• In favor of Dred Scott

• Against Dred Scott

Answer explanation

The Federal Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott in the Dred Scott case.

According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?

• Citizens

• Landowners

• Paid

• Bought

Answer explanation

According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be citizens, as ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

• avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

• ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

• ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

• ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

Answer explanation

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

The Compromise of 1850...

• allowed California to enter as a free state.

• ended the Fugitive Slave law.

• gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

• banned slaver in Washington D.C.

Answer explanation

The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter as a free state, making it the correct choice among the options provided.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

• outlawing alcohol

• ending slavery

• limiting slavery to southern states

• ending women's suffrage

Answer explanation

An abolitionist supported the cause of ending slavery, making it the correct choice among the options provided.

Who is associated with the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• John C. Calhoun

• Frederick Douglass

Answer explanation

Harriet Tubman is associated with the Underground Railroad as she was a prominent abolitionist who helped lead enslaved people to freedom.