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Unit 3.2 Sectionalism

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best explains why the Slave Codes were strengthened following the Denmark Vesey plot?

a)

There was an increased sense of fear among whites.

b)

Many slaves were being smuggled into South Carolina.

c)

Strict rules showed pride in slave ownership.

d)

The international slave trade ended.

2.

Why did the federal government force Natives westward?

a)

Natives were best suited for inland living

b)

Natives had threatened to destroy eastern lands

c)

Native lands had been ruined by slash and burn

d)

Native lands could be used for economic gain

3.

What was the Southern point of view about the expansion of slavery?

a)

They feared that if slavery expanded into the territories that the slave trade would increase

b)

They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slavery would be outlawed

c)

They feared that if slavery could not expand then eventually slaves would leave plantations

d)

They feared the expansion of slavery

4.

Why were Southern slave holders worried about the Northern states' control of the House of Representatives?

a)

They were worried that the North could control all judicial power.

b)

They were worried the North would try to end industrial development in the South.

c)

They were worried because the North could try to outlaw slavery.

d)

They were worried the North would pass laws limiting migration to the South.

5.

Which of the following would be an argument made against abolitionist claims?

a)

Slaves were able to travel freely.

b)

Slaves could choose their jobs on a plantation.

c)

Slaves could marry and enter into legal contracts.

d)

Slaves were taken care of better than factory workers.

6.

"I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance." Henry Clay is speaking out against what development in the USA?

a)

Racism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Treason

7.

Which of these attributes describe the North? (Choose 3)

a)

Typically Federalists

b)

Established plantations

c)

Freed their slaves

d)

Establish trade and small farms

8.

Which of these attributes describe the South? (Choose 2)

a)

Supported abolition

b)

Established manufacturing

c)

Depended on slavery

d)

Tended to be Democratic-Republican

9.

After 1720, the majority of South Carolinians were...

a)

Slave Owners

b)

Catholic

c)

Actually from Pennsylvania

d)

Black

10.

What fear did the increasing slave population cause?

a)

Fear of possible slave revolts

b)

Fear of the native language changing

c)

Fear of retaliation from overseers

d)

Fear of slaves having to work harder

11.

The Grimke Sisters and William Lloyd Garrison are examples of which of the following?

a)

Racists

b)

Fire Eaters

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Loyalists