Review: Sectionalism

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• California

• Maine

• Missouri

• Texas

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

What term means to formally withdraw from something?

• cede

• secede

• repeal

• annex

Sectionalism occurs when people favor the interests of one section of the country over the interests of the entire country. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act that followed ____________________________________.

• increased sectional tensions in the United States

• decreased sectional tensions in the United States

• kept sectional tensions between the north and the south about the same

This act required ALL citizens to assist in the return of escaped slaves

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Case

The movement to end slavery was known as the abolitionist movement.  

• True 

• False

The Compromise of 1850 allowed what to happen?

• Missouri joined the Union and Maine joined the Confederate states

• California joined the Union and Maine joined the Union

• California joined the Union and the Fugitive Slave Act was introduced

• The KS-NB Act was passed

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beacher Stowe

• Robert E Lee

• Fredrick Douglas

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• The North

• The South

• The West

Economy of the South

• Plantation agriculture, slavery

• Manufacturing and Industry

• Farming and Mining