Sectionalism

This antebellum compromise that would settle the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase and admit the states of Missouri and Maine was the:

• Maine Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Part of the Compromise of 1850 was a tough fugitive slave law. How did the North react to that law?

• many northerners decided to become slave owners

• slaves decided to migrate west

• many joined the abolition movement

• northerners travelled to the South to rescue slaves from their owners

What book was written as a result of the new fugitive slave act from the Compromise of 1850?

• Common Sense

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Biography of Abraham Lincoln

• Uncle Sam's Cabin

This region was known for large scale agriculture

• The North

• The West

• The South

Match the following Compromise to it's effect

• Political influence in the South

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Fugitive Slave Law

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Balance of Free and Slave States

• Compromise of 1850

What is the effect of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Slaves worked in gold mines

• Escaped slaves can vote

• Balance of free and slave states

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• Republican Party lost influence in legislature

• Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional

• Tensions between North and South increased

• Immigrants were forced to relocate South

Which two (2) Compromises answered the question: Should slave labor be alllowed in new states?

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Northern Support of Abolitionist Movement

Why were the slave population higher in the South?

• Relied on Steamboats to transport goods

• Land devoted to plantations

• Need to import raw materials

• Land was heavily industrialized