Unit 10 Sectionalism Review

The climate and topography of the Southeastern United states had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region--

• developed as the largest domestic source of steel production

• became the center of commerce and manufacturing

• was the area in which most immigrants chose to settle

• grew agricultural products that encouraged the continuation of slavery

In which section of early 19th century America did the emergence of the plantation system have a key economic?

• New England

• the South

• the Mid-Atlantic

• the West

In response to the Dred Scott decisions--

• border states freed their slaves

• runaway slaves were freed in the North

• Anti-slavery laws were enforce in the South

• abolitionists increased their efforts to end slavery

The United States Supreme Court stated in the Dred Scott Case that ---

• a fugitive slave laws were unconstitutional

• Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery

• popular sovereignty should determine the issue of slavery in new territories

• one slave state should be admitted to the Union for every free state admitted

What best explains why slavery had nearly disappeared in the North before the Civil War?

• Slave rebellions had forced an end to slavery in the North.

• Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North.

• The Constitution required the end of slavery in the North.

• Slave ownership was too expensive for Northern farmers.

In the 1850's why did many escaped slaves flee to Canada?

• They feared being drafted into the Northern Army.

• More factory jobs were available in Canada.

• The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States.

• Northern abolitionist refused to help fugitive Slaves.

Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over ---

• the admission of new states into the Union

• presidential election results

• immigration to the United States

• The role of the Supreme Court in declaring acts unconstitutional

The Dred Scott decision had a major impact on life in the United States because it---

• limited the power of the Supreme Court to rule on cases of race

• supported Congress' right to forbid slaver in the territories

• reopened the issue of slavery in the territories

• reaffirmed the Presidents right to serve more than two terms in office.

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the --

• removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

• Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Activities of the Underground Railroad

• use of popular sovereignty in the territories

Which statement best describes the economic differences between the North and the South in the period prior(before) the Civil War?

• The Northern economy had significant manufacturing, while the Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural.

• Jobs on plantations attracted more European immigrants to the South than the North.

• Transportation systems were less developed in the North than in the South.

• The Southern economy was more diversified than the Northern economy.