US History Unit 5 Review

What did sectionalism do the the United States during the Antebellum Period?

• Turn the US into a series of military districts

• Divided the country based on race and ethnicity

• Split the US between North and South on the issue of slavery

• Made it so that the US Congress was so divided that it couldn't function

The government compromise that split the states between North (free states) and South (slave states) was the-

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Topeka Constitution

What was the historical significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It combined the territories of Kansas and Nebraska into one state

• It ended the Mexican-American War with a total annexation of Mexico

• It created a new incentive for citizens to settle in the West

• It gave new states the right to vote on becoming a free or slave state

Why were states like Kentucky and Kansas important during the Antebellum period?

• They were regions of heavy population density that held lots of power in Congress

• They were key battleground states between free states and slave states

• They had plenty of natural wealth that led to major industrialization

• They were located right next to Washington DC, making them important territories

What was a failure of the US government during the Antebellum Period?

• Unable to find meaningful compromise on slavery

• Lack of government intervention on state matters

• Heavy financial debt from failed cotton industry

• Constant slave revolts that damaged the country

The series of politically-motivated violence in Kansas between anti and pro-slavery advocates was known as-

• The Bad Times

• Black Friday

• The Terror

• Bleeding Kansas

What was the final decision for the Supreme Court case of Dred Scott?

• Scott was technically a free man

• Scott wasn't free, BUT his family were due to living in free states

• Blacks were not citizens in the US, free or slaved

• Blacks were given instant freedom the minute they step into a free state

Politically-speaking who was John Brown?

• Secessionist

• Revolutionary

• Slave-Owner

• Abolitionist

Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Antietam