4.2 Exam- Government and Sectionalism Study Guide

The climate of the Southern States is characterized by:

• Tropical climate with high humidity

• Arid desert climate

• Cold and snowy winters

• Mild and dry summers

Manifest Destiny played a role in the issue of slavery by:

• Encouraging the expansion of slavery into new territories

• Limiting the spread of slavery to existing states

• Abolishing slavery in all new territories

• Having no impact on the issue of slavery

The Southern States view on States’ Rights can be described as:

• A belief in a strong centralized federal government.

• A belief in the supremacy of the federal government over state governments.

• A belief in the rights of individual states to govern themselves without interference from the federal government.

• A belief in the abolition of state governments.

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What was the Supreme Court case that ruled that Dred Scott and all slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

The Missouri Compromise was:

• an agreement passed in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

• a treaty between the United States and Native American tribes to establish peace and trade.

• a financial agreement between the United States and European countries to stabilize the economy.

• a law passed to regulate trade between the northern and southern states.

The Compromise of 1850 was:

• a series of laws passed to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War

• an agreement between the United States and Britain over the Oregon Territory

• a treaty that ended the American Civil War

• a financial plan to stabilize the American economy after the Panic of 1837

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was:

• a law that allowed territories to decide on the legality of slavery themselves.

• a treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.

• an act that granted women the right to vote.

• a policy that established the national banking system.