Sectionalism/Causes of the Civil War Review

What was a result of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Free and escaped blacks could be captured and forced into slavery

• Capturing escaped slave was illegal according to the Constitution

• Freed slaves could not be forced back into slave

• Escaped slaves were able to leave the South to Mexico

Plantations were found in which region of the US?

• South

• North

• West

Mining was the main economic activity of which region?

• South

• North

• West

True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

• True

• False

Which of the following was one of the main reasons that the south had such a large slave population?

• The value of cotton in the economy

• The value of industrial goods produced in the south

• There was a lot more people living in the South, so more slaves

• The South had more natural resources

Which of the following was an effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• More northerners joined the abolitionist movement

• Northerners were no longer interested in the issue of slavery

• The South could no longer pursue escaped slaves to the north

• Mexico and Canada was forced to return escaped Southern slaves

True or False: According to Abraham Lincoln, southern states have the right to secede from the Union.

• True: Lincoln said the southern states could secede from the Union

• False: Lincoln said that NO state has the right to secede from the Union

According to the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott vs Sanford, the Missouri Compromise was ______________.

• Unconstitutional

• Constitutional

• Legal

• part of the Bill of Rights

Why did the West focus on mining as their main economic activity?

• There was an abundance of natural resources, such as metal ore and gold

• There was a need to mine tunnels for the railroads

• There are more mountains and less farm land

• There was an opportunity for industry to grow

Which region used factories to fuel industry in the cities?

• North

• South

• West

• Mexico