Reform and Sectionalism in Antebellum America

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"

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

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

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

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

• religion

• womens rights

• attitudes about civil war

• economics

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

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

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

• William L. Garrison

• Andrew Jackson

• Fredrick Douglas

• Henry Clay

Who said it? "If a state thinks a law goes against the Constitution, it can nullify that law."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

What physical geographic factor of the Northern United States most facilitated industrial growth in the region?

• Long Growing Season

• Rocky Soils

• Natural harbors

• Mild to warm weather climate

"The institution of slavery was allowed in some new states while other states allowed freedom for African Americans" Which two compromises about slavery does this statement most represent.

• Harpers Ferry Compromise, Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act, Slave voting compromise

• Nullification Crises Compromise, Missouri Compromise