Sectional Conflict

The Free Soil Movement was most supported by which of the following?

• Newly arrived immigrants from Ireland and Germany

• Poor whites in the North and West

• Plantation owners in the South

• Merchants in the Northeast

Who would most disagree with John C Calhoun;s description of slavery as a "positive good"?

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

Which fo the following arguments were made in defense of slavery?

• Africans were biologically inferior to whites

• The American economy was too dependent on slave labor

• The condition of slavery was better than that of poor whites in the North

• All of the above

What does the term "Secession" mean?

• The act of rebellion against the established government

• The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

• Withdrawal from the Union

• The law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency

Define "Popular Sovereignty".

• The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

• The idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting whether to allow slavery

• An agreement or pledge to do something in the future

• A close resemblance or connection

Which of the following was part of the Compromise of 1850? Choose all that apply.

• California admitted as free state

• New Mexico and Utah territories would vote on issues of slavery

• US agreed to stay out of foreign affairs

• The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law

What was the main result of John Brown's Raid?

• Causing the Northern and Southern states to come together and create a peaceful solution to the institution of slavery.

• Winning the battle and beginning a slave revolt.

• Getting the slaves to fight

• Raising tensions between the North and South solidifying the sectional positions of the North and South over slavery

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

• end fighting between Midwestern farmers and native American Indians

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• encourage manufacturing in the west

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.

• Sectionalism

• Localism

• Partiality

• Provincialism

Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Henry Clay Treaty

• Lincoln Agreement