Topic 13 - Dividing A Nation - Review

Which of the following is NOT true of the Missouri Compromise?

• Maine joined as a free state

• Missouri joined as a slave state

• It maintained the slave state/free state balance in the Senate

• It only applied to the Missouri Territory

What is Sectionalism?

• Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas

• To withdraw or break away from a nation

• A religious meeting

• An official expression of opinion by a group

Which of the following is not true of the Compromise of 1850?

• Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state

• Outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C

• Admitted New Mexico as a slave state & Utah as a free state

• Created a new Fugitive Slave Law

The competing economies of the North vs. South were...

• Industry vs. Textile Mills

• Farming vs. Cattle Ranching

• Engineering vs. Science

• Industry vs. Agriculture

What was the argument is true regarding State's Rights?

• States grouped together to form a new political party called "State's Rights"

• A state had the right to not follow a federal law if they did not agree with it

• Northern States and Southern States were held to different laws by the federal government

• States could not refuse a federal law

How many states made up the Confederate States of America before and after the fall of Fort Sumter?

• 9, 14

• 11, 17

• 7, 11

• 7, 9

The first hostile act of the American Civil War took place at what fort in Charleston, SC?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Bragg

• Fort Snelling

• Fort Wagner

Who was the first state to leave the Union?

• Alabama

• South Carolina

• Georgia

• Several Agreed to Leave Together

Where did John Brown have his slave revolt in 1859?

• Ferryland

• Harpers Ferry

• Seneca Falls

• Washington D.C.

This allowed the federal government to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, even in free states

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Wilmot Proviso

• The Declaration of Sentiments

• Harper's Ferry