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Sectionalism (3.1) (3.2)

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

From 1820 to 1865, the debates over nullification, protective tariffs, and the spread of slavery into the new territories concerned the constitutional issue of the…

Separation of power between the federal and state governments 

 Separation of power between the executive and legislative branches

Balance of power between the federal and state governments

Balance of power between the Federal Government and the rights of the people

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What two new territories did Senator Stephen Douglas propose?

Colorado and Kansas

Nebraska and Missouri

Kansas and Nebraska

Missouri and Mississippi

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did Nat Turner’s Rebellion lead to?

Protests for slaves rights

Gave slaves additional rights

Began the ending of slavery

Oppressive legislation towards slaves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What party was also known as the “American Party?”

The Know-Nothing Party

The Whig Party

The Federalist Party

The Republican Party

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Based on the excerpt below, what was the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Dred Scott v Sanford, 1857? 

It must be admitted that Congress possesses no power to regulate or abolish slavery within the States; and that, if this act had attempted any such legislation, it would have been a nullity.

It allowed 7 new slave states to join the Union which increased the growth of the American economy

 It allowed  popular sovereignty in the Oregon Territory which increased sectional tensions over the expansion of slavery in the west

It led to stricter fugitive slave laws which caused a shift in focus of the abolitionist movement to support more radical forms of protests

It led to the potential for slavery to spread anywhere which increased sectional tensions over balance of power between slave and free states

6.

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1 min • 1 pt

What party did Bleeding Kansas lead to the birth of?

The Know-Nothing Party

The Progressive Party

The Federalist Party

The Republican Party

7.

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1 min • 1 pt

What was the first to provide instant communication for the north?

Telephone

Telegraph

Telemap

Typewriter

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