Unit 1: Sectionalism, Civil War and Reconstruction

The election results shown on this map most clearly reflect the influence of...

• nationalist motives

• sectional differences

• public stability

• ethnic conflicts

During the period 1820-1860, the major concerns in the US dealt with issues related to...

• determining the future of slavery.

• imposing immigration quotas.

• developing big business.

• acquiring an overseas empire.

Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of...

• allowing states to secede from the Union.

• permitting voters to nullify federal laws.

• deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state.

• overturning unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court.

Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and South over...

• admission of states into the Union.

• Supreme Court decisions.

• presidential election results.

• voting rights.

In the South after the Civil War, which system of land usage was developed to replace the major system destroyed by the war?

• plantation

• small self-sufficient farming.

• sharecropping.

• corporate farming.

What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort.

• superior military leadership.

• economic aid from Great Britain and France.

• more human resources and war material.

During the Reconstruction period, an important objective of congressional action was to..

• destroy the economy of the south.

• restore pre-Civil War conditions to the South.

• maintain Republican domination of the National Government.

• develop two equal political parties in the South.

Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?

• extension of slavery into the western territories.

• equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms.

• placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports.

• need for international improvements in transportation.

In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln stated his main goal for the nation was to...

• use the vote to resolve the conflict over slavery.

• free all slaves in the US.

• uphold the Dred Scott decision.

• preserve the Union.

During the period from 1800 to 1865, the issues of States Rights, westward expansion, and slavery led most directly to the growth of...

• imperialism.

• national unity.

• sectionalism.

• industrialization.