Sectionalism Review

The terms provided were most likely included in which of the following pieces of legislation?

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on slavery?

• It reopened the question of whether slaves would be permitted in the Northern territories of the Louisiana Purchase

• It emancipated all slaves living in Kansas and Nebraska, making them into free men.

• It halted the spread of slavery into Kansas and New Mexico.

• It allowed slaves in Kansas to buy their freedom after a period of seven years of service to their owner.

What was one major impact of the book mentioned in the cartoon provided?

• The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations

• Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves

• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws

• Support grew for the abolitionist movement

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856

• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 extended farther south.

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram provided?

• Prohibit slavery in the North

• Nullified by Southern conventions

• Allow for the use of popular sovereignty

• Led to slave uprisings

Which combination of states entered the Union under the Missouri Compromise?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

What was one result of the law described in the excerpt provided?

• Free African-Americans could be subjected to the horrors of slavery

• Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political controversy

• Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise

• Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on promoting women’s suffrage

Which of the following best completes the diagram provided?

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the –

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• U.S. Mexican War

• Civil War