3.1-3.2 civil war

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise is most accurate?

• Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River. Unorganized territories would be governed by the US and Great Britain.

• slavery was banned in the United States and the Civil War was avoided

• California was admitted as a slave state and Oregon as a free state

• The balance between free and slave states was maintained. The 36 degree 30 parallel line formed a new boundary between the United States and Canada.

In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to:

• Allow Northern state the power to ban slavery

• Deny southern states the legal right to own slaves

• Allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

• Overturn previous Supreme Court decisions on slavery

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?

• Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.

• New inventions led to an increase in cotton production

• Most early textile mills were built in the South.

• The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.

Which of the following statements is an example of sectionalism?

• The South relied heavily on slaves, while the North relied on immigrant labor.

• The South’s decision to fire on Fort Sumter

• Lincoln’s decision to be a Republican Many

• African Americans moving west to become cowboys

A southern politician in the 1800s would have been most supportive of which of the following?

• Popular sovereignty

• Tariffs

  
  

• Abolition

• States’ Rights

Why was the issue of slavery in new US territories so politically heated in the 1800s?

• Most politicians knew that they could not win enough votes to stay in office if they did not openly oppose slavery.

• Settlers in new territories opposed slavery and did not like the fact the Congress was requiring them to allow the practice.

• Southern pro-slavery leaders and northern anti-slavery leaders both wanted to maintain their power in Washington.

• Nearly every new state allowed slavery while almost all politicians in Washington, DC opposed slavery.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin Stirs Controversy”

“Kansas Rocked by Bloody Conflict”

“John Brown’s Raid Angers South”

Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?

• The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.

• Americans had lost confidence in the plan for Reconstruction.

• Northern and Southern voters were untied in support of popular sovereignty.

• Support for the abolitionist movement decreased during this period.

Most Southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford because it:

• Granted citizenship to all enslaved persons

• Upheld the principle of popular sovereignty

• Supported the right of a state to secede from the Union

• Protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories

Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War?

• As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.

• President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North.

  
  

• President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.

• To keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.

The North’s Anaconda Plan proposed all of the following EXCEPT:

• a blockade of Confederate ports.

• controlling the Mississippi River with gunboats.

• .a strong, quick invasion toward the capital of Richmond.

• dividing the Confederacy and exhausting its resources, forcing surrender.