Sectionalism Test Review

What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?

• Tobacco
• Ice Cream
• Cotton
• Corn

Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?

• It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
• It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
  
• It made cotton easier to plant
• It was invented by James Monroe

Which of the following was TRUE regarding the Missouri Compromise? 

• It was created by South Carolinian John C. Calhoun 
• It prevented the spread of slavery into western territories
• It kept the balance between slave and free states in the Senate 
• It caused the price of cotton to dramatically increase

What Kentucky legislator earned the nickname "The Great Compromiser" for drafting the Missouri Compromise?

• James Monroe
• Daniel Webster
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun

Who is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?

• Plessy Ferguson

• Frederick Douglass

• Dred Scott

• Stephen Douglas

The Compromise of 1850...

• allowed California to enter as a free state.

• gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

• banned slavery in Texas

• ended the Fugitive Slave law.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

• outlawing alcohol

• limiting slavery to southern states

• ending slavery

• ending women's suffrage

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• The North

• The South

• The West

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Nebraska

• Texas

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise