Sectionalism Quiz 1

The Missouri Compromise settled the dispute over

• slavery in the Louisiana Purchase.

• tariffs on imports.

• Native American land claims.

• production of liquor.

Which was a part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri was a free state.

• Maine was a slave state.

• Missouri was a slave state.

• Andrew Jackson would be President.

A part of the Compromise of 1850 was

• slavery was outlawed in all land taken form Mexico.

• the tariff was lowered.

• California would be a free state.

• the South would count 3/5th of their slaves.

Stephen Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act to

• end slavery in the U.S.

• build a railroad to California through his state.

• help the Abolition movement.

• ban alcohol.

The result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

• "Bleeding Kansas."

• peace between North and South.

• the abolition of slavery.

• the creation of public schools.

The law that required northern states to help catch runaway slaves was the

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Tariff of 1828

The novel that turned many in the North against slavery was

• Common Sense

• Poor Richard's Almanac

• Last of the Mohicans

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

The hero who risked freedom and their life to help slaves escape was

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• Harriet Tubman

• John C. Calhoun

Dred Scott was a slave who

• sued for his freedom.

• Harriet Tubman rescued.

• was a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin

• wrote books and gave speeches.

The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v Sandford that

• African-Americans had no rights.

• the Missouri Compromise was constitutional.

• Congress had the final word on slavery.

• slaves were not property.