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Worksheets8-4.2 Sectionalism
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of sectionalism?
a)
loyalty to your nation
b)
loyalty to a section of a nation
c)
loyalty to another country
d)
loving a section of a country different from the one you live in
2.
What are the names of the political parties of this time?
a)
Democrats and Democratic-Republicans
b)
Democrats and Federalists
c)
Federalists and Whigs
d)
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
3.
Who was forced to leave their home state of SC because they were abolitionists?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Brown
c)
Grimke Sisters
d)
Frederick Douglas
4.
What was the greatest impact of the Stono Rebellion?
a)
laws restricting the freedom of slaves
b)
slaves could return to their homeland
c)
slaves were given more freedom
d)
laws were created to protect the house slaves
5.
What happened after the failed Denmark Vesey plot?
a)
freed blacks needed to move north after emancipation
b)
slave codes were strengthened
c)
westward expansion could not continue
d)
slave codes were weakened
6.
What did southerners fear about the expansion of slavery?
a)
if it could not expand it would end
b)
slaves would not get along in the new territories
c)
the slave trade would increase
d)
slaves might leave the plantation to move west themselves
7.
What impact did abolitionists have on SC?
a)
made slave owners free their slaves
b)
made many people read the Liberator
c)
many people moved to SC to become abolitionists
d)
made slave owners more determined to keep their slaves
8.
Which of the following did NOT lead to sectionalism?
a)
growing slave population in the South
b)
northern expansion of factories
c)
political parties' differences
d)
ratification of the Constitution led to fights
9.
Why were Southern slave holders worried that the North controlled the House of Representatives?
a)
might force the south to end their industrialization
b)
might force the migration of Southerners to the North
c)
might control all judicial power
d)
might outlaw slavery
10.
How did SC react to the the black majority of the population?
a)
feared that slavery would end and whites would remain in power
b)
feared a change in leadership
c)
feared an increase in slave revolts
d)
feared African Americans might be involved in politics
11.
What method of control over the slave population was developed and later strengthened following slave rebellions?
a)
rewards
b)
threats
c)
physical punishments
d)
slave codes
12.
Who left a wealthy slave-owning family in South Carolina to become an Abolitionist?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Elijah Lovejoy
13.
Who started an anti-slavery newspaper known as "The Liberator"?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Brown
14.
Angelina Grimke opposed slavery because it would
a)
destroy the souls of the slaveholders
b)
never be profitable
c)
violate the Constitution
d)
encourage more immigration from Ireland
15.
Who left a wealthy slave-owning family in South Carolina to become an Abolitionist?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Elijah Lovejoy
16.
What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
free enterprise
c)
patriotism
d)
consumerism
17.
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1820
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Compromise of 1850
18.
Where did John Brown attack in hopes of beginning a slave revolt?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Pottawatomie Creek
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