Sectionalism & Failed Compromises

Both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over -

• the admission of new states into the Union with regard to slavery

• presidential election results

• immigration to the United States

• the role of the Supreme Court in declaring acts unconstitutional

During the 1840s, many abolitionists were against the annexation of new Western territories because they -

• wanted to limit the power of the federal government

• feared the admission of new slave states

• were connected with the legal rights of Native Americans

• supported an isolationist foreign policy

One effect of the rise of Sectionalism, the growing disagreements over states' rights, and the issue of slavery was -

• the formation of the Whig Party

• increasing tensions between the North and the South

• an end to the conflict over the extension of slavery in the territories

• a permanent compromise between the North, South, and West

Which of the following best describes the economy of the Northern states?

• Agricultural society focused on growing cash crops

• Based on mining and discovering new minerals

• Expansion of cities and the growth of factories and industrialization

• Heavy reliance on trade with Native Americans

Which of the following best describes the economy of the Southern states?

• Agricultural society focused on growing cash crops

• Based on mining and discovering new minerals

• Expansion of cities and the growth of factories and industrialization

• Heavy reliance on trade with Native Americans

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

• Area 1

• Area 2

• Area 3

• Area 4

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• They could be recaptured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

• Freedmen were sent to gold mines in California.

• Members of both groups could be sold at slave auctions in Pennsylvania.

• Escaped slaves could vote in the new territories from the Mexican Cession.