Worksheet Questions

Regional ideals led to critical issues when territories wanted to become states because:

• they promoted unity among different regions.

• they caused disagreements over state rights and governance.

• they encouraged economic development.

• they had no impact on state formation.

How did the Compromise of 1850 create conflict that led to the growth of sectionalism in the United States? Select TWO correct answers.

• The extension of the Missouri Compromise line stirred debates about slavery in the territories.

• The admission of California as a free state upset the balance between free and slave states in Congress.

• The establishment of the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico created regional animosity.

• The inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act angered abolitionists and reinforced the perception of federal support for slavery.

• The establishment of popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah led to clashes over slavery’s fate in these territories.

"The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska as sovereign territories. "

The issue was mainly about what?

• Slavery

• Free Soil

• Kansas

• Nebraska

What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

• Disagreement over the boundaries of the Oregon Territory

• Growing support for limiting female suffrage and immigration

• The limits on free speech and press included in the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Debate over the expansion of slavery into the West

What was President Jackson's position on South Carolina's claim that they could nullify the Tariff of 1828?

• South Carolina had a right to nullify the Tariff.

• No state had the right to ignore a law passed by Congress.

• The U. S. Constitution was unclear about the issue.

• South Carolina needed Congress to pass a treaty to enable them to nullify.

How did economic differences between the North and the South contribute to the beginning of the Civil War?

• A. Northern state governments collected taxes on Southern agricultural shipping to Britain.

• B. Southern corn and wheat farms were too small to compete with commercial farms in Northern states.

• C. Northern industrial states relied on a mixed labor force while Southern agriculture used slave labor.

• D. Southern cotton provided vast wealth to plantation owners, while Northern business suffered because of tariffs.

The poster above reflects opposition to federal enactment of the –

• A. Black Codes

• B. Fugitive Slave Law

• C. Jim Crow legislation

• D. Missouri Compromise

Which of the following was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• A. slavery was abolished in new territories

• B. only slave states were admitted to the Union

• C. sectional differences eased for awhile

• D. slavery was permitted in new territories

Maine becomes a free state Missouri becomes a slave state Area of Louisiana Purchase north of 36° 30' degrees closed to slavery What is the BEST title for the above?

• Terms of the Missouri Compromise

• Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny in Action

• Compromise of 1850