Which statement best describes the Compromise of 1850?

California is a free state and the people of the Southwest territories vote on slavery.

Main is a free state and missouri is a slave state.

People decided the slavery issue in the Louisiana Territory.

A new fugitive slave law is passed and Oregon is a slave state

What major Constitutional issue divided the North and South?

states' rights vs. strong central government.

states' rights vs. individual rights

national government vs. federal government

citizens' rights vs. strong central government

Which best describes the North and South before the Civil War?

Factories were widespread in the North. Farms were common in the South.

The South imported few goods. The North relied on imports.

The North had many cities. The South had the largest cities.

Southern industry grew faster than Northern industry.

Sectionalism and Compromises

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Why did the South oppose a tariff?

it increased the price of cotton

the north may stop buying their cotton

believed manufactured prices would increase and Great Britain would not buy their cotton

it decreased the price of manufactured goods

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the North favor a tariff?

protected their jobs from foreign competition

it increased the prices of cotton

it would decrease slave labor

it would punish the Southern economy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Southerners believe about the role of government?

Believed in a strong central government

Believed the national government was supreme over the states

States' Rights - could declare national laws illegal

Believed the national government should be abolished

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the North oppose slavery?

Believed it should be abolished to hurt the Southern economy

Believed it should be abolished for moral reasons

Believed slavery would end on its own

Believed the slavery issue could be compromised

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the South support slavery?

The South believed it would end on its own

The South believed abolishing slavery would destroy their economy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Pre-Civil War region believed in a strong central government?

North

South

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which region was mostly urban?

North

South

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Sectionalism and Compromises

Why did the South oppose a tariff?

Why did the North favor a tariff?

What did Southerners believe about the role of government?

Why did the North oppose slavery?

Why did the South support slavery?

Which Pre-Civil War region believed in a strong central government?

Which region was mostly urban?

Balancing slave and free states by admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free was know as the...

Which statement best describes the Compromise of 1850?

How were Kansas and Nebraska supposed to decide on slavery.

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