Sectionalism Review

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

• Abolitionist
• Temperance
• Education
• Suffrage

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to return runaway slaves?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1820
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Compromise of 1850

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sojourner Truth
• Clara Barton
• Harriet Tubman

What piece of legislation allowed California to join the Union as a free state?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• MIssouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Great Compromise

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory (other than California) from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• They would be free territories
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

Slavery grew in the South because of the following geographical factors:  

• rocky soil and warm climate
• cold harsh winter climate  and beaches
• expensive land and rocky soil
• cheap land, warm climate, rich soil

A tax on imported goods was called a ______________.  The south did not like this because they needed imports.

• states' right
• tariff
• farce
• Union

Event in November 1860 that sparked widespread fear in South about the future of slavery.

• Bombing of Fort Sumter
• South Carolina secession
• Election of Lincoln
• Harper's Ferry raid

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
• a peaceful abolitionist who hated violence
• a pro-slavery Senator
• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

What did the Dred Scott decision say?

• It considered slaves to be property without rights.
• It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
• It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
• It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens