Sectionalism Review #1

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

• Free
• Slave
• Frontier
• Sovereign

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

What was the compromise of 1850?

• a compromise where the south was able to expand slavery to the entire United States

• series of five laws passed in 1850 to try to settle some of the differences between the sections, particularly around the issue of slavery

• none of the above

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted as a free state

• northerners had to return runaway slaves to their owners in the south

• Washington DC was prohibited from participating in slave trade

• Utah and New Mexico were given popular sovereignty to decide whether or not slavery would be allowed

• all of the above

What is sectionalism?

• living in a certain part of the United States

• putting the needs and wants of a region before the needs and wants of the entire nation

• wanting what is best for the entire nation

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• John Calhoun

The Dred Scott case determined that slaves

• could sue for their freedom with enough proof.

• would be freed if they lived in the Northern states.

• were property and could not bring a case before the court.

• could travel freely with their master's permission.

Which amendment reversed the decision in the Dred Scott case?

• 1st

• 13th

• 15th

• 21st

What best represents the opinion of John C. Calhoun in the Nullification Crisis?

• South Carolina had the right to immediately secede from the union.

• South Carolina had the right to nullify the tariff that was harming their economy.

• South Carolina does not have the right to nullify the tariff or any other law.

• South Carolina is the worst of the two Carolinas.

What is the correct order?

• Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise and Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis and Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1850, Nullification Crisis and Missouri Compromise