Domain 2

Sectionalism was a major cause in which conflict?

• the Civil War

• the Mexican War

• the War of 1812

• the Revolutionary War

The 19^th Century movement to end slavery was called:

• Temperance
• Abolitionism
• Imperialism
• Progressivism 

This poster was MOST likely inspired by which government action?

• the passage of The Fugitive Slave Act
  
• the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  
• the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
  
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following, except:

• California would be admitted to the Union as a free state.
• All citizens would be required to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their owners. Those who failed to do so would be fined or imprisoned. 
• The slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, but the practice of slavery would be allowed to continue there.
•  A guarantee that slavery would be abolished in 10 years

The Mexican-American war began as a result over differing frontier claims which included:

• The United States insisted that U.S.-Mexican border was  the Rio Grande, while Mexico insisted that the border was marked by the Nueces River.
• Immigration Laws strictly enforced by Mexico
• The Border dispute of California
• Drilling for oil in Texas

The social and economic disparity between the Northern and Mid-western states and the Southern states contributed to the rise of:

• Sectionalism
• Socialism
• Imperialism
• Nationalism 

He argued with President of the U.S. about the rights of states to nullify (cancel) federal laws they opposed. He resigned from the vice presidency to lead the efforts of the southern states in this crisis.

• David Wilmot
• John C. Calhoun
• Jefferson Davis
• Alexander H. Stephens 

Congress had passed the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to protect American manufacturers from cheap British goods.  Southerners believed that the tariff was purposely passed to hurt southern plantation owners. This led to the:

• Civil War
• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Nullification Crisis
• Bleeding Kansas

Frederick Douglass was a former slave who traveled widely, giving eloquent speeches on behalf of equality for African Americans, women, Native Americans, and immigrants. He later published autobiographies and his own antislavery newspaper called:

• North Star
• Emancipator
• Liberator
• Freedom Shiner

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to what is known as “Bleeding Kansas” because: 

• Abolitionists and those in favor of slavery became violent over their beliefs
• Native Americans were determined to stop settlement in the territory
• Ranchers and farmers fought each over the desire of farmers to end the open range
• Miners in towns were lawless