2/18 Tues. Warm-up Sectionalism Day 3

All Year -

Seneca Falls Convention called for women's suffrage, or the right to vote; Declaration of Sentiments.

• A. Women's rights movement

• B. Great Compromise

• C. Canals

• D. Nullification Crisis

All Year -

Did South Carolina have the right to nullify, or overturn, a federal law?

• A. Women's rights movement

• B. Great Compromise

• C. Canals

• D. Nullification Crisis

All Year -

Decided how many representatives large and small states would send to the bicameral Congress.

• Women's rights movement

• Great Compromise

• Canals

• Nullification Crisis

All Year -

Man-made rivers; Northeast cities, like New York City, grew along canals.

• A. Women's rights movement

• B. Great Compromise

• C. Canals

• D. Nullification Crisis

Yesterday - Answer the question below.

What did Henry Clay propose in the Compromise of 1850 to pacify both the North and South?

• A. California would be a slave state, but the next state to join the Union would be a free state.

• B. California would be a slave state, and Oregon would be a free state.

• C. California would be a free state, and Congress would pass the Fugitive Slave Act.

• D. California would be a free state, but slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska.

Yesterday - Answer the question below.

Which of the following were effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Select THREE correct answers.

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

• People decided whether or not to allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

• Factory owners received tax breaks to relocate factories to Nebraska

• All states in the west would be admitted as free states

• Many Americans rushed to Kansas to influence the vote on slavery

Yesterday - Answer the question below.

What was one result of the law described?

• Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

• Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political controversy.

• Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of abolitionist goals.

• Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on promoting women's suffrage.

Released STAAR® Question - Answer the question.

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?