NEW Unit 4 Quick Check 1 Westward Expansion & Sectionalism Quiz

It would have given the North more power in the Senate.

It threatened the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.

It would have ended slavery throughout the Louisiana Territory.

It would have reduced Southern representation in the House.

It created new territories where the issue of slavery had to be addressed.

It ended slavery in the United States.

It forced all new states to be slave states.

It reduced the size of the United States.

It required all new states to be slave states.

It set a precedent for balancing free and slave states.

It banned the creation of new states.

It allowed only free states to be admitted.

It led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

It highlighted sectional tensions between North and South.

It ended westward expansion.

It forced Maine to become a slave state.

The United States and Mexico claimed different rivers as the southern boundary of Texas.

Texas refused to join the United States after winning independence.

Great Britain claimed ownership of Texas.

Congress had already banned slavery in Texas.

It removed the need for future compromises.

It created new disagreements over whether slavery could expand into the western territories.

It permanently balanced the number of free and slave states.

It gave the South complete control of the House of Representatives.

It caused California’s population to grow quickly enough for the territory to seek statehood.

It caused California to return to Mexico.

It caused Congress to repeal the Missouri Compromise immediately.

It ended disagreement over slavery in the West.

It forced many Northerners to participate in enforcing slavery and punished those who helped freedom seekers.

It allowed Northern states to ignore all federal laws.

It ended the capture of escaped enslaved people.

It gave accused fugitives stronger jury-trial protections.

Whether slavery could expand into the western territories.

Whether California should become a state.

Whether Texas should join the United States.

Whether Congress should ban slavery everywhere.

Settlers in the territories could decide for themselves.

Congress made all decisions about slavery.

The president decided for each territory.

The Supreme Court banned slavery automatically.