Sectionalism & Compromise

What is sectionalism?

• Loyalty and concern for the interest of the country.

• Loyalty and concern for the interests of a particular region over those of the entire country.

• A government system that divides its power among different sections or branchs.

• Concern for how a section of the government is operating.

What was the primary purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To allow Missouri to enter the Union as a free state

• To balance the power between free and slave states

• To abolish slavery in the northern states

• To expand the territory of the United States westward

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state, and what state entered as a free state?

• Missouri/Maine

• Mississippi/Maine

• Maine/Massachusetts

• Missouri/Massachusetts

The Missouri Compromise Line (36, 30) determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________, while south of the line slavery was _________. (Prohibited=not allowed/Permitted=allowed.)

• permitted, prohibited

• prohibited, permitted

• sometimes prohibited, never allowed

• expensive, cheap

Which of the following is TRUE about the Missouri Compromise?

• It was only a temporary solution to the growing conflict between northern states and southern states

• The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery

• The Arkansas Territory prohibited (banned) slavery

• It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

• Revolutionary War.

• War of 1812.

• Mexican-American War.

• Civil War.

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?

• Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

• Freedom Act.

• Emancipation Act.

• Slaveowners Act.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

The states in the North welcomed changes that strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.

• TRUE

• FALSE