Countdown to STAAR: Sectionalism

Compromise of 1850:

Checking for understanding - How would the issue of slavery be determined in other territories gained in the Mexican-American War?

• Slavery would be legal

• Popular Sovereignty

• Slavery would be illegal

• The states would be divided between slave state and free state

Which of these attributes describe the South? (Choose 2)

• Supported abolition

• Established manufacturing

• Depended on slavery

• Tended to be Democratic-Republican

During the Nullification Crisis, which state wanted to nullify, or cancel, the new protective tariff?

• South Carolina

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Texas

How did the South view tariffs?

• neutral

• benefit

• burden

What is a main impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• overturned Missouri Compromise

• outlawed slavery

• started war

• Kansas and Nebraska secede

This region was known for large scale agriculture

• The North

• The West

• The South

Which is the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland? 

• Established the national governments supremacy over state governments
• Established judicial review
• Established the first presidential precedent
• Affirmed the national government's power to regulate interstate trade

To which territory did the Missouri Compromise apply?

• Texas Annexation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

Which document was used to justify the South Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Articles of Confederation

Which of the following included the use of popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in two new states

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act