Domain 2 Activator

Select the statement that best describes the blue area on this map.

• This area was obtained from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War.

• This area was obtained by a treaty with Spain in 1839.

• The russian government sold this area to the U.S. alon with Alaska.

• People from the U.S. moved to this area to gain religious freedom.

Sectionalism was a period that led to the Civil War.

Place the events from the period of Sectionalism in the correct order.

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

What was the purpose of the 36'30'' line from this map?

• The area above the line was reserved for religious freedom, and the area below the line was set aside for a vote to decide the issue of religion.

• New states admitted above the line would be free states, and states admitted below the line would be slave states.

• States admitted above the line would use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery. States admitted below the line would be admitted as free states.

This map depicts which event below?

• The journey of Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory

• The forced relocation of people from the Cherokee Nation.

• The path or the southern road that connected the 13 Colonies

• the route taken by Washington before the Battle of Trenton

Which statement below describes the Dred Scott Decision?

• This decision denied citizenship to all Black People in the U.S.

• This compromise allowed new states to use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.

• This decision granted freedom to all if they were in a free state.

Mr. B.'s History Professor wrote this book. What did Lewis and Clark explore?

• The land between the Ohio River and Canada

• The land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase

• The land around the Battle of Trenton

• Lewis and Clark were not explorers. They just sat around in rocking chairs.