Unit 5 Practice

When did the difference regarding slavery in the North and South start?

• 1787- American Constitution

• 1820- Missouri Compromise

• 1850- Compromise of 1850

Besides slavery, what was the South's other reason for seceding?

• To protect rural way of life

• Believed states' rights were more important than federal ones

• Believed the Industrial Revolution was harmful

What did the Missouri Compromise state?

• Missouri was North of the Compromise line, but was still a slave state

• Missourians could vote on slavery in 1820

• Missouri was to be admitted as a free state

The Compromise of 1850 banned slavery in what area?

• District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)

• Delaware

• Virginia

• Missouri

The Fugitive Slave Act stated

• Runaway slaves should be helped to escape to Canada

• Runaway slaves had to be returned to owners

• Runaway slaves were granted their freedom

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

• Kansas and Nebraska were to become free states

• They were to become slave states

• They were to choose for themselves by voting

Who conducted a raid on the arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

• Daniel Webster

• John Brown

• John Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

What did the Southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected?

• compromise

• secede

• whine and cry

• join Mexico

What does SECESSION mean?

• to compromise

• to leave a nation, union, or alliance

• to make war

Northern states benefited from tariffs but Southern states considered them a burden. T/F?

• True

• False