AP United States History Quiz: Sectionalism

What idea was introduced by the Compromise of 1850?

• Popular Sovereignty
• Sucession
• Limited Government
• Fugitive Slave Law

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

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

Who is associated with the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Harriet Tubman
• John C. Calhoun
• Frederick Douglass

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

What Did The Kansas Nebraska Act Do Between The North And The South?

• Created peaceful tensions between them
• Raised the tensions between the sides and started a mini war 

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

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

What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
• Kansas became a slave state
• Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
• Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

Which of the following literary works of Harriet Beecher Stowe supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?

• Up From Slavery
• Gone with the Wind
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Jungle

What was one of the main issues that led to the Civil War?

• States Rights
• nationalism
• taxation without representation
• Impressment of sailors