Unit 9 Review

Sectional differences in the United States during the early 1800's were mostly rooted in differences about :

• economics

• politics

• crops

• the roles of women

How did U.S. tariff policies contribute to sectionalism prior to the Civil War?

• Northern states benefited from the tariffs, while Southern states considered them an economic burden.

• Western states wanted tariffs to pay for improved infrastructure, while Northern states wanted to reduce the national debt.H

• Northern states gained European investment in industry, while Southern plantations had to rely on trade with Latin America.

• Southern states benefited from tariffs on raw materials, while Northern and Western states disapproved of higher prices for imports.

How did both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 contribute to differences between free and enslaved African Americans?

• The institution of slavery was allowed in some new states, while other states allowed freedom for African Americans.

• Both compromises expanded rights for enslaved African Americans, but limited the rights of free African Americans in new free states

• Free African Americans gained new rights to vote and hold office in new free states while enslaved African Americans lacked any rights.

• DBoth compromises limited the spread of slavery to east of the Mississippi River, allowing enslaved African Americans who escaped slavery to gain their freedom and political rights in free states.

How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?

• As a source of labor, slavery was an economic issue.

• Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished.

• Slavery was considered a historical tradition that should be maintained to keep cultural ties with the past.

• As a source of controversy, slavery was considered a political problem the federal government should solve.

How did the Dred Scott decision affect the lives of enslaved people?

• It restricted slavery to states alone and not territories.

• It allowed enslaved people to sue for their freedom in state courts.

• It confirmed enslaved people were property and cannot bring a case to a federal court.

• It determined enslaved people could travel across state lines when seeking freedom.

Which of the following was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• The slavery trade ended.

• Slavery was declared unconstitutional.

• Only slavery states were admitted into the Union.

• Political power was balanced between slavery and free states.

Which geographic factor was common in the North but was lacking in the South prior to the American Civil War?

• ports

• railroads

• plantations

• coastal cities

Which physical geographic factor of the northern United States most facilitated industrial growth in the region?

• natural harbors

• mineral rich soils

• long growing seasons

• mild climate conditions

• California becomes a free state.

• Strict fugitive slave law adopted.

• Slave trade, but not slavery, banned in District of Columbia.

• New states in the Southwest could vote to have slavery.

• Texas' debt paid in exchange for adjustment of the Texas boundary.

Which congressional action is described by the information above?

• Tariff Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

The concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

• allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.

• made the Underground Railroad legal.

• brought about the Dred Scott decision.

• allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.