Pre Civil War - 8th Grade Social Studies

The Nullification Crisis and the issue of the South continuing to practice slavery are examples of --

• sectionalism

• states' rights

• traditionalism

• cultural freedoms

The Compromise of 1850 did all of the following EXCEPT?

• Admitted California to the Union as a free state.

• Did not forbid slavery in other territories acquired from Mexico.

• Gave the option of slavery by popular sovereignty in NM and Utah.

• Made Texas a free state in the Union.

In what court case did the supreme court rule that African Americans have no rights and Congress cannot ban slavery?

• Marbury v Madison

• Dred Scott v Stanford

• McCulloch v Maryloand

• Gibbons v Ogden

Which compromise allowed states to participate in Popular Sovereignty when deciding to allow slavery or not in the states?

• Missouri Compromise

• Mississippi Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which law was an effect of the Compromise of 1850 that required people in the north to capture escaped slaves?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Homestead Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Indian Removal Act

The Missouri Compromise. Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act are focused on what?

• Should states be allowed to trade with Europe?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new territories?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be able to secede from the union?

Sectionalism, States' Rights, and Slavery were all causes of what?

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

• The Civil War

• American Revolution

What was the effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• it maintained the balance of free and slave states

• it gave states the opportunity to practice popular sovereignty

• the fugitive slave law

• it banned slavery in the U.S.

What is an abolitionist and what effect did this have on leading the U.S. to the Civil War?

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• a book promoting slavery

• a novel written about slavery that led people to join the abolitionist movement

• a reality TV show about an uncle named Tom who lives in a tiny house.

• A historical documentary about famous cabins throughout history.