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Sectionalism

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

In the 1850’s, why did a great number of slaves flee all the way to Canada?

a)

They feared being drafted into the Northern Army

b)

More factory jobs were available in Canada

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk even in the northern United States

d)

Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves

2.

Which statement best describes the economic differences between the North and the South in the period before the Civil War?

a)

The Northern economy had significant manufacturing, while the Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural

b)

Jobs on plantations attracted more European immigrants to the South than the North

c)

Transportation systems were less developed in the North than the South

d)

The Southern economy was more diversified than the Northern economy

3.

Which issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all concern?

a)

The expansion of slavery in the western territories

b)

The placement of tariffs on foreign imports

c)

The need for internal improvements in transportation

d)

The distribution of frontier lands to small farm owners

4.

In the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857), what was one argument used by the Supreme Court to deny Scott his freedom?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was not a legal document

b)

Dred Scott had not received cruel treatment from his owner

c)

Slaves were personal property, not citizens, that could not sue the U.S. Court

d)

Dred Scott had not followed the proper procedures when bringing his case to the court

5.

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

a)

Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

b)

Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856.

c)

Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas.

d)

The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

6.

What was the Republican Party founded on?

a)

To encourage the industrialization of the West

b)

To stop the spread of slavery

c)

To encourage the North to fight the South

d)

To negotiate trade agreements with Latin American countries

7.

What ruling did Dred Scott v. Sanford Case allow?

a)

Does slow slavery

b)

Does want slavery to end

c)

Does support slavery

d)

Does sue for slavery

8.

What does "Initiated" mean?

a)

ended

b)

started

c)

chosen

d)

disagreed

9.

Which battle initiated the Civil War?

a)

Fort Henry

b)

Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Fort Sumter

10.

Which Era did Abraham Lincoln lead the country through?

a)

Westward Expansion Era

b)

Reform Era

c)

Reconstruction Era

d)

Civil War Era

11.

What was the Compromise of 1850 about?

a)

allowing the state of California to be a Free state and Fugitive Slave Act

b)

allowing the state of Oregon to be a Free state and Fugitive Slave Act

c)

allowing the state of California to be a Slave state and Fugitive Slave Act

d)

allowing the state of Kansas and Nebraska to be a Free state and Fugitive Slave Act

12.

What major result happened due to Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

a)

The West secedes from the Union

b)

The North secedes from the Union

c)

The East secedes from the Union

d)

The South secedes from the Union

13.

What did the South want to protect?

a)

people's rights

b)

slavery

c)

free states

d)

preserve the union

14.

What platform did Lincoln use?

a)

To stop the spread of slavery

b)

To allow slavery only in border states

c)

To allow slavery into the North

d)

To leave the West to choose slavery

15.

What does Sectionalism mean?

a)

A loyalty to a belief in one's section/region of the U.S.

b)

A loyalty to a belief in one's house.

c)

An opposition to a belief in one's section/region of the U.S.

d)

A disagreement to a living in one's section/region of the U.S.

16.

The 10th Amendment is questioning what?

a)

Can a city overturn a federal law?

b)

Can a federal law overturn a state law?

c)

Can a territory overturn a federal law?

d)

Can a state overturn a federal law?

17.

Which Amendment protects State's Rights to overturn a federal law if it is deemed unconstitutional?

a)

7th Amendment

b)

10th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

14th Amendment

18.

The word Nullification means-

a)

to allow

b)

to disagree

c)

to reject

d)

to question

19.

The South's New Country led by President Jefferson Davis was-

a)

The Union States of America

b)

The United States of America

c)

The Confederate States of America

d)

The Southern States of America

20.

Why was Kansas nicknamed "Bleeding Kansas" after the Kansas Nebraska Act?

a)

Violence broke out between Proslavery and Antislavery groups

b)

Peace broke out between Proslavery and Antislavery groups

c)

Prayer broke out between Proslavery and Antislavery groups

d)

Protests broke out between Proslavery and Antislavery groups

21.

Which principle of government is the definition of "Popular Sovereignty"

a)

voting for your congress person

b)

shared power between federal and state governments

c)

limits on government power

d)

People rule by voting