Sectionalism Quizs

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Allowed escaped slaves to be hunted down and returned to slavery

• Granted freedom to all escaped slaves

• Prohibited the capture of escaped slaves

• Established a safe haven for escaped slaves

Compromise of 1850

• Added California as a free state and created the Fugitive Slave Act

• Abolished slavery in all territories

• Established the Missouri Compromise

• Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Allowed people within a state to vote on whether to have slavery or not

• A law that abolished slavery in all states

• A treaty that ended the Civil War

• A policy that enforced segregation in schools

Bleeding Kansas

• A conflict over land ownership between settlers and Native Americans.

• Violence erupted between the pro slavery and anti slavery supporters.

• A peaceful negotiation between different political factions.

• A series of agricultural reforms in the Midwest.

Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Scott won his freedom because he was a citizen.

• Scott sued for his freedom but lost the case because African Americans were not considered citizens.

• The case established that all African Americans were citizens.

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Scott, granting him his freedom.

Nullification

• Stated that each state had the right to not obey federal laws (not true)

• A process by which federal laws are enforced by state governments

• A legal principle that allows states to override federal laws

• A constitutional amendment that grants states more power