Sectionalism *

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

• Sectionalism

• Nationalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secession

Every state north of Missouri's 36°30′ border had to be what kind of state?

• Frontier

• Manifest Destiny

• Free State

• Slave State

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

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

• avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

• ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

• ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

• ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

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

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• imported goods

• slaves

• milk and eggs

• labor

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

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• Henry Clay

• John Brown