Sectionalism and the Civil War

What was the primary economic activity that transformed the South into a rural region with slavery?

• Industrial factories

• Cotton production

• Railroads

• Urbanization

What was the main concern of Northerners regarding the Missouri Compromise Line?

• They wanted to expand slavery beyond the line.

• They did not want slavery to spread beyond the line.

• They wanted to abolish the line.

• They wanted to move the line further south.

Who negotiated the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

What was the main issue that led to the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• The annexation of Texas

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• Tariffs

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the result of Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831?

• Slavery was abolished in Virginia.

• Slave codes became more severe.

• The North and South reached a compromise.

• The rebellion was successful in freeing all slaves.

What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?

• To allow slavery in the Mexican Cession

• To outlaw slavery in the Mexican Cession

• To annex Texas

• To support the Fugitive Slave Law

What did the Compromise of 1850 achieve regarding California?

• It entered as a slave state.

• It entered as a free state.

• It remained a territory.

• It was divided into two states.

Which book published in 1852 depicted slavery as a moral evil?

• The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• The Liberator

• The Grimké Sisters' Diary

What was the main outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It reinforced the Missouri Compromise.

• It allowed popular sovereignty to decide on slavery.

• It abolished slavery in all territories.

• It led to the annexation of Texas.

What was the significance of the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision in 1857?

• It declared the Missouri Compromise constitutional.

• It ruled that Congress could not stop slavery in territories.

• It granted citizenship to all blacks.

• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law.