Sectionalism Test Review

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

• were no longer legal property of their former masters
• legally had the right to suffrage in federal elections
• did not have legal rights or protections in federal courts
• had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

This headline would have been published after the -

• Thirteenth Amendment was ratified
• Election of 1860
• Dred Scott v. Sandford court case
• Compromise of 1850

What is the message of this political cartoon?

• It is wise to secede from the Union.
• Pain will result from seceding from the Union.
• It is the morally right decision to secede from the Union.
• Slavery was the cause of the Civil War.

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

• to expand the territory of American to the Pacific Ocean
• to give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state
• to prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States
• to start a nation separate from the southern states

According to this political cartoon, what was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

• Slavery
• Tariffs
• Industrialization
• The Compromise of 1850

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because -

• the U.S. would be preserved as one
• California would be a slave state
• Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers
• it would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

Which effect best completes this diagram?

• Slavery is abolished
• Abraham Lincoln is elected president
• The Confederacy is formed
• The Civil War begins

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did Southerners object to?

• Raising protective tariffs
• Decreasing foreign exports
• Admitting California as a free state
• Passing the Fugitive Slave Law

This image depicts a scene that is most likely from the -

• North
• South
• West
• Midwest

Which of the following best completes this chart?

• Fugitive Slave Law
• Nullification Crisis
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• South Carolina secedes