Sectionalism and Tensions Leading to the Civil War

What was one of the main economic differences between the North and the South that contributed to sectionalism?

• The North's reliance on imported goods

• The South's focus on industrial economy

• The North's growing industrial economy and the South's slave-based cotton production

• The South's higher tariffs on imported items

What did the Compromise of 1850 include that angered northerners?

• A law that made it illegal to work in factories

• A Fugitive Slave Act, which made it a crime to assist runaway slaves

• The admission of Texas into the Union as a free state

• The Dred Scott decision

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"?

• It led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• It was a novel that greatly increased support for the abolition movement

• It was a legal document that prohibited slavery in new territories

• It initiated the Compromise of 1850

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857?

• It established that states had the right to ignore federal laws

• It declared that Congress could not ban slavery in any federal territory

• It resulted in the formation of the Republican Party

• It led to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What was the result of John Brown's raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• It led to the Compromise of 1850

• It resulted in the creation of the Fugitive Slave Act

• It provoked a slave revolt and John Brown was hanged for treason

• It caused the Dred Scott decision

Who won the presidential election in 1860?

• Sam Houston

• Elisha M. Pease

• Abraham Lincoln

• James W. Throckmorton

What was the main reason many southerners feared Abraham Lincoln's presidency?

• They thought he would support the Union.

• They believed he would support abolition.

• They were afraid he would impose taxes.

• They thought he would support secession.

Which state was the seventh to secede from the United States?

• Mississippi

• Florida

• Texas

• Georgia

On what date did Texas vote to secede from the Union?

• January 28, 1861

• February 1, 1861

• February 23, 1861

• March 2, 1861

How did the Texas delegates vote on the ordinance of secession?

• 8 to 166 against leaving the Union

• 166 to 8 to leave the Union

• 14,747 to 46,153 against leaving the Union

• 46,153 to 14,747 to leave the Union