Sectionalism

California being admitted as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law are both part of

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Nullification Act

Which amendment reversed the decision in the Dred Scott case?

• 1st

• 14th

• 15th

• 21st

The Dred Scott case determined that slaves

• could sue for their freedom with enough proof.

• would be freed if they lived in the Northern states.

• were property and could not bring a case before the court.

• could travel freely with their master's permission.

In what way was the North most unlike the South?

• The north relied on Chinese immigrants to work in factories.

• The south relied on the production of agriculture.

• The south relied on immigrant labor to manufacture goods.

• The north relied on slave labor to produce manufactured goods.

What best represents the opinion of John C. Calhoun in the Nullification Crisis?

• South Carolina had the right to immediately secede from the union.

• South Carolina had the right to nullify the tariff that was harming their economy.

• South Carolina does not have the right to nullify the tariff or any other law.

• South Carolina is the worst of the two Carolinas.

Jackson believed that if South Carolina was allowed to nullify the tariff that other laws and states might be nullified as well.

• True

• False

What is the correct order?

• Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise and Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis and Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1850, Nullification Crisis and Missouri Compromise

Who most benefited from the protective tariffs?

• northern states

• southern states

• western states

• all territories

A difference between free and enslaved African Americans is that free African Americans could

• operate a business

• own property

• own weapons, including guns

• have legally recognized marriages

Southerners saw the issue of slavery as

• immoral behavior that should be banned

• a political issue to help gain power over the north

• a historical tradition to be maintained

• an economic issue, a way to make more money