Sectionalism: Events That Led To Civil War

The Nullification Crisis, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the Election of Lincoln (1860) can all be described as_________________________.

• Foreign policies of the U.S.

• Government policies toward Native Americans

• Consequences of Manifest Destiny

• Causes of Sectional Conflict

Why did the South lose the political advantage that they had gained as part of the 3/5s Compromise?

• the slave trade was declared to be illegal

• immigration to the North gave those states more representation

• the birth rate in the South was lower than in the North

• the Supreme Court declared the compromise unconstitutional

As the U.S. acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, what issue did controversy over these territories focus on?

• need for schools and colleges

• failure to conserve natural resources

• expansion of slavery

• construction of transcontinental railroads

Why did Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 cause a political crisis?

• Missouri's entry would have upset the balance between slave and free states.

• Missouri's entry would have likely caused conflict with Native Americans

• Missouri was a center of abolitionist activity, and its admission would have antagonized southern states

• Missouri was a center of secessionist activity, and its entry would have antagonized northern states.

"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter Union"

"California Admitted to Union as Free State"

"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets up Popular Sovereignty"

What issue is reflected in these headlines

• enactment of protective tariffs

• extension of slavery

• voting rights for minorities

• universal public education

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

• a requirement that slavery be prohibited in any territory acquired as a result of the Mexican War

• a legislative amendment that said that the US should acquire only TX as a result of the Mexican war

• a plea to apply the terms of the Missouri Compromise to any territory acquired from Mexico

• a request to outlaw slavery in TX if the US won the Mexican War

What was the "Free Soil" idea?

• Free white men should not have to compete with slave labor

• Settlers are entitled to free western land from the government

• slavery should be free to expand to the West

• Workers should be free to organize into unions

What was the most immediate cause of a boom in westward migration in the 1850s?

• invention of the steamboat

• discovery of gold in California

• controversy over slavery

• discovery of oil in TX

Which of the following provided the conditions under which the lands taken in the Mexican War would enter the Union?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Which of the following is true of both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• They continued the Missouri Compromise line

• They applied the doctrine of popular sovereignty to parts of the West

• They included the policy of free soil for parts of the west.

• They repealed the Missouri Compromise