Sectionalism & Civil War

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

• Missouri

• Maine

• Nebraska

• Texas

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.

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

What is the Missouri Compromise?

• Rewarding supporters with Government jobs

• Maintains the balance of power between slave and free states

• South Carolina attempts to cancel a federal law and threatens to secede

• Helped fugitive slaves get to the North and Canada

Economy of the South

• Plantation agriculture, slavery

• Manufacturing and Industry

• Farming and Mining

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska are allowed to vote for statehood

• Kansas and Nebraska are granted a local assembly

• Kansas and Nebraska can decide whether to be free or slave territories

Henry Clay kept the balance of power between the slave states and the free states through legislation known as 

• Sectionalism
• Monroe Doctrine
• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Constitution

Who was the President of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Sam Houston
• Jefferson Davis
• Anson Jones

Who was the Commanding General for the Union forces?

• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General William Sherman
• General Robert E. Lee
• General Santa Anna

Who was Commanding General for the Confederate forces?

• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General William Sherman
• General Robert E. Lee
• General Santa Ana