US Unit 5 CFA #1

Which of these is an example of sectionalism?

• all states following the same laws

• all states have separate economies

• protecting America's resources from foreign attacks

• celebrating patriotism with one's family and friends

-California enter in as a FREE state

-New Mexico and Utah were to use popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery

-the slave trade was abolished in DC, but not slavery

-Fugitive Slave Act

All of these items are describing:

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Emancipation Compromise

How did the Missouri Compromise deal with slavery?

• prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except Missouri

• it required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states

• state that all future states would be required to be slave states except Missouri

• made the Mississippi River the dividing line between slave and free states

Which war was responsible for the US' gain of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Utah?

• Mexican American War

• Spanish American War

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

How can the Mexican-American War be considered an event which led to the Civil War?

• The North would claim that all acquired land belonged to the Union

• allowed Lincoln to gain presidency

• The South would declare they needed more farm land

• it was debated on whether or not the new territory would be slave or free state

Who won the election of 1860?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckenridge

• John Bell

The strife in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with a conflict between _____ and _____.

• slaves and masters

• immigrants and nativists

• Catholics and Protestants

• abolitionists and slavery supporters

How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

• John Brown fought on the Union side during the Civil War.

• John Brown led enslaved African Americans through the Underground Railroad.

• John Brown participated in raids against slavery in Harpers Ferry and Kansas.

• John Brown worked with Harriet Tubman to orchestrate the Underground Railroad.

Which of these statements BEST explains why the decision made in the “Dred Scott” case nullified the Compromise of 1850 and “popular sovereignty”?

• A state has the right to secede if the federal government tried to abolish slavery there.

• Slaves were considered property and federal government could not disallow slavery in any territory.

• African-Americans could not be considered citizens therefore no state could allow them to vote.

• Only the Supreme Court could determine whether a state could allow slavery not the Legislative branch.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed...

• slavery in Nebraska and Kansas

• abolitionists to protest all day and night

• the people to vote to be a slave or free state (popular sovereignty)

• allowed free soilers to burn people's farms