Module 17 A Divided Nation

How did the end of the Mexican-American War result in growing sectionalism in the United States?

• Leaders debated whether to allow slavery into the territories gained from Mexico.

• Leaders debate where to draw borders for new territories gained from Mexico.

• Leaders debate when to withdraw soldiers from occupied territory in Mexico.

• Leaders debated how much territory to take from Mexico

Following the Mexican-American War, sectionalism grew as leaders debated whether to allow ___________________into territories taken from Mexico.

• immigrants

• Manufacturing

• Settlers

• slavery

What U.S. senator proposed the Compromise of 1850?

• John Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• William Seward

• Daniel Webster

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• to outlaw the Underground Railroad in the South

• to make it easier to catch and return runaway slaves

• to outlaw the slave trade and end slavery eventually

• to make it a crime to help slaves leave plantations in the South

What was the significance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Northern leaders started supporting the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Southern leaders called for additional slave states.

• Many of its readers joined the Union army.

• Many of its readers became abolitionists.

___________________ wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, which described the harshness of slavery.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Anthony Burns

• James Hamlet

• Louisa McCord

In the 1852 presidential election, the Democratic Party select ___________________as its candidate because he was a northerner who supported the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Millard Filmore

• John P. Hale

• Franklin Pierce

• Winfield Scott

Why did the Democratic Party choose Franklin Pierce as its candidate in the 1852 presidential election?

• He was a pro-slavery northerner.

• He opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• He was an abolitionist southerner.

• He served in the Mexican-American War.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?

• States north of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as slave states.

• Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Louisiana Purchase now.

• States south of 36°30' N latitude would be admitted to the Union as free states.

• Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Mexican Cession now.

In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas wanted to use the governmental principle of______________________________ to determine if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• Republicanism

• separation of powers