Sectionalism (3.1) (3.2)

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

What two new territories did Senator Stephen Douglas propose?

• Colorado and Kansas

• Nebraska and Missouri

• Kansas and Nebraska

• Missouri and Mississippi

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

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

• The Know-Nothing Party

• The Whig Party

• The Federalist Party

• The Republican Party

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

What party did Bleeding Kansas lead to the birth of?

• The Know-Nothing Party

• The Progressive Party

• The Federalist Party

• The Republican Party

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

• Telephone

• Telegraph

• Telemap

• Typewriter

Which of the following accurately describes why the Fugitive Slave Act was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?

• The law violated the rights of states by forcing Northern states to immediately accept the conditions of the Compromise of 1850

  
  

• The law violated the Constitution by granting Southern states the power to sell prison inmates into slavery

• The law violated the rights of states by forcing Southern states to immediately emancipate slaves which increased sectional tensions

• The law violated the Constitutional rights of citizens by requiring Abolitionists and Northerners to participate in the act of returning runaway slaves

 Who was first Republican to win the presidency?

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchannan

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

 It is reported that upon being introduced to Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862, Abraham Lincoln fondly commented she was "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."  Which of the following best explains why President Lincoln made this statement?

• Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, decreased the power of the abolitionist movement which led to the expansion of slavery in New England

• Stowe’s  book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, increased southern support for the abolitionist movement which created internal conflict in southern states

• Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, increased northern support for the abolitionist movement which increased sectional tensions

• Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, decreased international support for the abolition movement which led to the suspension of trade with England