Antebellum America Reveiw

Sectionalism can be described as

• A document that outlawed slavery in the new territories

• The idea that political power belongs to the people

• Favoring one region of the country over the interests of the entire country

• The compromise that set the boundaries of slave states and non slave states

Under this compromise, California was able to join the Union as a free state, but a stricter and more effective fugitive slave law was passed

• THe Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Dred Scott Decision

The abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin that was credited by President Lincoln as "the little lady who made this big war"

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Camila Cabello

• Abigail Adams

"Cotton is King" was declared in this region of the United States influencing the mentality that slavery was needed for the health of the global economy

• North

• West

• East

• South

The idea that political power belongs to the people

• Wilmot Priviso

• Popular Soverignty

• Sectionalism

• Judicial Review

Which Act said it was illegal for Northerners to harbor fugitive slaves?

• Missouri Compromise Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

Which government decision divided America with an imaginary line that suggested above the line would be free states and below the line would be slave states?

• Popular sovereignty

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Who sued for his freedom even though he was born into slavery?

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scott

Who decided the fate of Dred Scott?

• The government

• Dred Scott

• The Supreme Court

Who was hung for starting a revolt?

• Dred Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown