Reform and Sectionalism in Antebellum America

Reform and Sectionalism in Antebellum America

8th Grade

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Reform and Sectionalism in Antebellum America

Reform and Sectionalism in Antebellum America

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Dred Scott V. Sandford 1857 Supreme Court case, the Supreme Court ruled that Slaves are the property of slave owners and that slaves because they were not citizens did not have the right to sue in a court for freedom. How do you think this decision affected the lives of enslaved people?

It allowed slaves to sue for freedom but only in free states

It gave slaves the ability to travel freely anywhere in the country

It confirmed enslaved people were property of slave owners and did not have the right to sue for their freedom

It restricted slave owners from traveling to a free state to retrieve their "slave property"

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

Arizona

California

New Mexico

Utah

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Compromise of 1850 was negotiated by Henry Clay who also negotiated the Missouri Compromise, from the list below pick the correct 5 things the Compromise of 1850 established.

1. Statehood for Texas

2. Slavery banned in California

3. Strict fugitive slave law

4. Missouri becomes a slave state

5. Slavery is banned in Washington DC

1. California becomes a free state

2. Strict Fugitive slave law enacted

3. Slave trade but not slavery is banned in the District of Columbia

4. New States in the southwest could vote to have slavery

5. Texas debt is paid in exchange for adjustment of the Texas Boundary

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sectionalism in the United States during the early 1800s was mostly rooted in differences about

religion

womens rights

attitudes about civil war

economics

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did these events happen? 1. Missouri Compromise, 2. Nullification Crisis, 3. Compromise of 1850, 4. Kansas-Nebraska Act

1861

1820

1850

1832

1820

1849

1850

1861

1812

1832

1850

1860

1820

1832

1850

1854

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sectionalism was all about economics in the North, South and Western United States, how did U.S. Tariff policies contribute to Sectionalism prior to the Civil War?

Southern States Benefited from tariffs on raw materials while Northern and Western States did not like higher prices

Northern states benefited from tariffs by limiting industrial competition from foreign nations while southern states disapproved of tariffs as other nations took retaliatory measures against southern produced goods

Western states wanted tariffs to pay for roads and bridges while Northern states wanted tariffs to reduce tax burdens

Southern plantation owners had to rely on trade with Central and South America while Northern states gained more representative in congress

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which political person negotiated both the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850?

William L. Garrison

Andrew Jackson

Fredrick Douglas

Henry Clay

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