Sectionalism

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A compromise that made Missouri a free state and gave the North the advantage in Congress

• A legal binding that made Missouri apply for statehood after it abolished slavery

• Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state

• A law in 1830 that set the boundaries for slavery in the West

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

• Nationalism
• Sectionalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Secession

Every state north of Missouri's southern border had to be what kind of state?

• Free
• Slave
• Frontier
• Sovereign

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

Why did the South or pro-slavery states get the worst deal in the Missouri Compromise?

• There was more land north of the 36-30 line which didn't allow slavery
• It lost votes in the Senate
• It lost votes in the House of Representatives
• There was more land below the 36-30 line

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch