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Worksheets8.3 Unit 1: Sectionalism (CO CC)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
When violence broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, this was a direct result from:
The Louisiana Purchase
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Intolerable Acts
Popular sovereignty
When Congress passed the Tariff of 1832, what was a result?
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Nullification Crisis
The Compromise Crisis
Which of the following dealt with slavery in western territories?
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
All of the above
Who was at the top of the antebellum class system?
Enslaved people, because of their large population
small farmers, because of their large amounts of land
Industrial barons, because of their control of the economy
Plantation owners, because of their wealth and political power
In regards to slavery in United States territories during the early 1800s, "popular sovereignty" meant:
Voters in a territory decide if slavery should be legal in that territory.
The population of a territory determines if it should become a state.
Freedom to decide the population of a territory.
Sovereignty is cool, and it makes you really popular.
What is Sectionalism?
Breaking each state into sections for different political parties.
Creating different laws for each section of a state.
Loyalty to one's region rather than loyalty to one's country.
Believing the federal government's power is more important than anything.
Which statement is correct?
People who support States' rights believe the rights and powers of states should be greater than the rights and powers of the federal government.
People who support Federalism believe the rights and powers of states should be greater than the rights and powers of the federal government.
People who support Popular Sovereignty believe the federal government should make all decisions, including decisions about slavery.
People who support Sectionalism believe the federal government should make all decisions, including decisions about slavery.
Why did Henry Clay propose that the Tariff of 1832 be lowered?
To convince South Carolina to leave the Union.
To make the Nullification Crisis worse.
To help resolve the Nullification Crisis
To help himself be re-elected as President.
What event enforced the idea that enslaved human beings were property and had no rights?
The Nullification Crisis
The Missouri Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court
The Missouri Compromise determined that:
Slavery would be legal everywhere.
Slavery would be totally illegal throughout the nation.
Slavery would not be allowed south of (below) the 36o30' line of latitude.
Slavery would not be allowed north of (above) the 36o30' line of latitude.
Unionists and Nullifiers were created as political parties in South Carolina during
The Antebellum Crisis
The Nullification Crisis
The Compromise of 1850
The Heated Disagreement of 1850
What happened in California as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California became a free state, which upset the balance of power in Congress.
Slavery became legal in California, which upset the balance of power in Congress.
California left the Union, but everybody was ok with that.
The Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas, which upset the balance of power in the NFL.
Which group of people was more likely to claim that slavery was a good thing and beneficial to enslaved people?
European immigrants
Northern Federalists
Southern plantation owners
Northern industrial workers
How did the Louisiana Purchase impact the debate about slavery between free states and slave states?
Slave states did not want more land, and did not want new states to allow slavery.
Some people were worried that slavery would spread throughout new western territories.
Free states wanted new territories to allow slavery.
The Louisiana Purchase did not affect the debate about slavery.
What was one reason South Carolina left the Union?
Plantation owners decided to pay enslaved people for their work.
South Carolina wanted to become part of France.
South Carolinians wanted to re-connect with their ancestors from Barbados.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in the Election of 1860
Enslaved people and free blacks were subject to new restrictions after the ______________.
Denmark Vesey plot
Dred Scott decision freed all enslaved people.
Proclamation of Manifest Destiny
Rise of Sectionalism
In the antebellum class system, enslaved people were:
at the top, because they had the most political power.
on the side, where no one was really paying attention to the issue of slavery.
in the middle, because they had some political power, but not as much as some groups.
at the bottom, because they had no wealth, no political power, and no legal rights.
When the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott case, what was a major result?
All slavery ended in the United States.
All enslaved people had the right to choose where they want to work.
Slavery became legal everywhere in the United States.
Older enslaved people were allowed to retire and move to other states.
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the United States should not expand further to allow Native Americans to keep their land.
The idea that the United States was meant to expand from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans.
The group of people who believed in expanding only to the north, into Canada.
A music group featuring Beyonce.
Which statement is true?
The Compromise of 1850 gave southern states a tougher fugitive slave law, which they wanted.
The Compromise of 1850 gave northern states a weaker fugitive slave law, which they did not want.
The Compromise of 1850 gave southern states more freedom for enslaved people, which made everyone happy.
The Compromise of 1850 made slavery legal everywhere, which made northern states happy.
