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
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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