Sectionalism Quiz

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

How was slavery practiced in most Southern states prior to the Civil War?

• Most enslaved people worked as household labor or skilled artisans.

• Most enslaved people worked on small farms and large plantations.

• Enslaved people worked across all industries and trades in the South.

• Enslaved people worked for state governments to create new railroads and canals.

Which set of words BEST completes the following passage?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, created the territories of

Kansas and Nebraska as popular sovereignty territories. Following the passage of this law, fighting broke out in Kansas over _________. The conflict came to be known as _________.

• slavery; Bleeding Kansas

• suffrage; Votes for Kansas

• home rule; Kansas Burning

• land claims; Kansas Land Rush

Which is one way Southern slavery affected Northern industry and manufacturing?

• It contributed to lower costs for raw materials.

• It contributed to lower tariffs on manufactured goods.

• It provided cheap labor for Northern railroad construction.

• It provided a source of labor in Northern factories and

  mines.

Why did most Southern slaveholders resist abolition efforts to free enslaved people?

• Slavery was viewed as a critical factor of the Southern economy.

• Slavery contributed to the military strength of the United States.

• Slavery was used to organize the social class system among Southerners.

• Slavery provided the South with greater political representation in Congress.

During the 1830s, the work of anti-slavery writers, speakers, and newspaper editors resulted in the —

• end of slavery in some border states

• extension of the vote to African Americans

• strong enforcement of runaway slave laws

• establishment of the abolitionist movement

How did the admission of new western states prior to the Civil War contribute to sectionalism?

• New western states may have cultural differences from states in the East.

• New western states may upset the economic balance between the North and South.

• New western states may create governments with strong governors.

• New western states may be admitted as a slave or free state.

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas.

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856.

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

How did economic differences between the North and the South contribute to the beginning of the Civil War?

• Southern cotton provided vast wealth to plantation owners, while Northern business suffered because of tariffs.

• Northern industrial states relied on a mobile labor force while Southern agriculture used slave labor.

• Southern corn and wheat farms were too small to compete with commercial farms in Northern states.

• Northern state governments collected taxes on Southern

  agricultural shipping to Britain.

Which of the following was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• a civil war broke out

• sectional differences eased for a while

• only slave states were admitted to the Union

• slavery was abolished in new territories