8-4.2 Sectionalism

What is the definition of sectionalism?

• loyalty to your nation
• loyalty to a section of a nation
• loyalty to another country
• loving a section of a country different from the one you live in

What are the names of the political parties of this time?

• Democrats and Democratic-Republicans
• Democrats and Federalists
• Federalists and Whigs
• Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Who was forced to leave their home state of SC because they were abolitionists?

• William Lloyd Garrison
• John Brown
• Grimke Sisters
• Frederick Douglas

What was the greatest impact of the Stono Rebellion?

• laws restricting the freedom of slaves
• slaves could return to their homeland
• slaves were given more freedom
• laws were created to protect the house slaves

What happened after the failed Denmark Vesey plot?

• freed blacks needed to move north after emancipation
• slave codes were strengthened
• westward expansion could not continue
• slave codes were weakened

What did southerners fear about the expansion of slavery?

• if it could not expand it would end
• slaves would not get along in the new territories
• the slave trade would increase
• slaves might leave the plantation to move west themselves

What impact did abolitionists have on SC?

• made slave owners free their slaves
• made many people read the Liberator
• many people moved to SC to become abolitionists
• made slave owners more determined to keep their slaves

Which of the following did NOT lead to sectionalism?

• growing slave population in the South
• northern expansion of factories
• political parties' differences
• ratification of the Constitution led to fights

Why were Southern slave holders worried that the North controlled the House of Representatives?

• might force the south to end their industrialization
• might force the migration of Southerners to the North
• might control all judicial power
• might outlaw slavery

How did SC react to the the black majority of the population?

• feared that slavery would end and whites would remain in power
• feared a change in leadership
• feared an increase in slave revolts
• feared African Americans might be involved in politics