Sectional tension recap up to 1850

Who led a slave revolt in 1831?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

Who did Southerners blame for the 1831 slave revolt?

• Treating slaves too well

• Abolitionists

• The poor treatment of slaves

• The North

What nickname did Southerners have for Northerners

• Yankers

• Yanks

• Yeehaws

• Yankees

Name a leading abolitionist in the 1830s and 1840s.

(a)  

Why was Texas not admitted as a state after ceding from Mexico? (Pick 2)

• It didn't have enough people in it.

• It hadn't submitted a constitution

• It would tip the balance in the Senate to the South.

• There were fears it would split into 5 slave states.

What did Northerners see Manifest Destiny as?

• A conspiracy to spread slavery across America

• The belief that America was given the lands on the West Coast by God.

• A good thing for America

Which president sent troops to the US Mexico border in 1845?

• Taylor

• Polk

• Calhoun

• Seward

When was the Wilmot Proviso added to a finance bill in the House of Representatives?

• 1845

• 1846

• 1847

• 1848

Who used the Nullification Doctrine to argue against the power of Congress to ban slavery in states?

• Calhoun

• Seward

• Clay

• Polk