CB 10 Review - Sectionalism

A slave that escaped to his freedom in the North was actually in very real danger of being arrested and returned due to what legislation (law).

• Fugitive Slave Act

• The Compromise of 1820

• The Great Compromise

• The 3/5ths Compromise

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• A fight broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856.

• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south.

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

• It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.

• It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.

• It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

• It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.

From this map, you can assume

• States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations.

• Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods.

• Border states had to import needed raw materials

• States in the upper South were heavily industrialized.

The compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the -

• U.S. - Mexican War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

What was a result of the Fugitive Slave law?

• Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

• Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political conflicts

• Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of abolitionist goals

• Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on promoting women's suffrage.

Which region relied on the cultivation of cotton and the institution of slavery?

• North

• South

• West

• Canada

Which Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Compromise of 1850

• The Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1820

• 3/5ths Compromise

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with

• Should slavery be allowed in new western states?

• Should states be able to nullify federal laws?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Originally the Missouri Compromise stated that any new territory admitted to the Union above the 36,30 parallel would have to be a free state. However the Kansas-Nebraska Act -

• nullified the Missouri Compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty in the new states.

• followed those rules.

• Allowed abolitionist to move to Nebraska.

• Stated that slaves were property and had no rights in courts to sue.