Sectionalism Practice Quiz

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

• It was only a temporary solution
• The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery
• The Arkansas Territory prohibited (banned) slavery
• It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

MMC: Identify the results of the Compromise of 1850

• California is admitted as a free state

• Maine is admitted as a free state

• Texas is admitted as a slave state

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Slave trade outlawed in DC

MMC: Identify the results of the Dred Scott SCOTUS decision of 1857

• If a slave enters a free state/territory, they are legally freed from bondage.

• Congress has no authority to decide if a state is free or slave

• The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

• The Fugitive Slave Act was unconstitutional

• Dred Scott remained a slave under Missouri law

MMC: Which conclusions BEST describe why Southern states began to secede from the Union in 1860?

• Lincoln was an abolitionist and vowed to end ALL slavery.

• Lincoln vowed to leave slavery alone in the South, but refused to let it spread to the West.

• Lincoln was not even on the ballot in 10 Southern states

• Lincoln's election split the Democratic party into two sides.

What were the results of Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent?

• Decreased productivity, increased demand for slavery

• Increased productivity, decreased demand for slavery

• Increased productivity, increased demand for slavery

• Decreased productivity, decreased demand for slavery

Who became the first president of the Provisional Confederate States of America?

• Robert E Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglas