Quiz #11

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford increased sectional conflict because the decision

• denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories
• allowed for the importation of enslaved persons for ten years
• prohibited slavery in lands west of the Mississippi River
• gave full citizenship to all enslaved persons

The Dred Scott decision upheld the Southern viewpoint that

• the power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
• Congress could not pass laws depriving people of their property
• a national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
• the economic well-being of the west depended on slave labor

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) was significant because it

• allowed slavery in California
• outlawed slavery in the Southern States
• upheld the actions of the Underground Railroad
• ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

Which group benefited most directly form the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?

• abolitionists
• immigrants
• slave owners
• enslaved persons

Sectional rivalries during the period from 1820 to 1860 centered mainly around the issues of

• foreign policy, the abolition of slavery, and the currency system
• States rights, the extension of slavery, and tariffs
• tariffs, the currency system, and trust regulation
• conservation, foreign policy, and women's suffrage

What was the controversy over Federal power versus states rights a basic cause of?

• The Revolutionary War
• The Civil War
• The Spanish-American War
• The Korean War

Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported

• states rights (states more powerful than the federal government)
• higher tariff rates
• voting rights for women
• repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

At the time of the Civil War, which two major issues divided the North and South?

• welfare reform and income tax rates
• immigration policies and westward expansion
• loyalty to Great Britain and taxation without representation
• states rights and the status of slavery in the West

Northerners wanted a strong ______________, while Southerners wanted strong ______________

• federal government ; states

• states ; federal government

• bicep ; calves

The Civil War started when the South tried to _____________ the United States.

• secede from
• eat 
• send a really mean text about the United States to a friend but accidentally sent it to 
• throw glitter all over