Sectionalism Unit Review

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

• to expand the territory of American to the Pacific Ocean

• to give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state

• to prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States

• to start a nation separate from the southern states

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because -

• the U.S. would be preserved as one

• California would be a slave state

• Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers

• it would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

• Ulysses S. Grant becomes General of the Union Army

• South Carolina secedes from the Union

• The Thirteenth Amendment is passed by Congress

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act results in bloodshed

_____ 4. The best selection is -

• eliminated the practice of slavery in the North

• overturned the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

• affected both freemen and slaves

______ 5. The best selection is –

• abolitionist movement

• temperance movement

• transcendentalist movement

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he -

• worked to get California admitted to the Union as a free state

• made the Supreme Court ruling on the Dred Scott

• served as the president of the Confederate States of America

• served as a congressman from Massachusetts

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln holds that -

• slavery should be allowed to spread to western territories

• the Unites States should seek to acquire more land from Mexico

• the 13 Colonies should not have seceded from Britain

• despite differences all states must remain a part of the Union

Which of the following best completes this chart?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Nullification Crisis

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• South Carolina secedes

Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture? Select the correct answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

• were no longer legal property of their former masters

• legally had the right to suffrage in federal elections

• did not have legal rights or protections in federal courts

• had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness