Chapter 8 Sectional Conflict

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional part of the

• Compromise

  of 1850.

• Fugitive

  Slave Act.

• Kansas-Nebraska

  Act.

• Missouri

  Compromise.

The Calhoun Resolutions were important because they demonstrated

• the

  acceptance of popular sovereignty in the North.

• the

  anger many Southerners felt about threats to slavery.

• the

  appeal to Northerners of expanding slavery westward.

• the

  South’s desire to ban the slave trade.

The original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase was to

• balance

  free and slave states.

• create

  a route for a railroad.

• enlarge

  Kansas and Nebraska.

• expand

  slavery west.

The Know-Nothings were

• anti-Catholic

  and nativist.

• antislavery

  and anti-Catholic.

• antislavery

  and nativist.

• proslavery

  and anti-Catholic.

Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did,

• the

  South would control more territory than the North.

• the

  South would gain control of important arsenals there.

• the

  South would gain control of the strategically important Potomac River.

• Washington,

  D.C., would be surrounded by Confederate territory.

The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed, would have

• created

  a compromise by dividing the territories into free states and slave states.

• made

  it easier for slaveholders to retrieve an enslaved person.

• prevented

  Congress from banning slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

• prohibited

  slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

7. Most members of the Free-Soil Party opposed the spread of slavery because they believed that

• allowing

  slavery to expand would make it difficult for free men to find work.

• allowing

  slavery to expand would shift political power to the South.

• slavery

  was immoral and should be abolished.

• the

  people of the western territories should decide about slavery.

The caning of Charles Sumner resulted from him accusing other senators of

• forcing

  Kansas into the ranks of slave states.

• inciting

  thousands of “border ruffians” from Missouri to storm into Kansas.

• taking

  bribes to vote against slavery in the new territories.

• taking

  bribes to vote for slavery in the new territories.

The Confederate Constitution stated that each state

• could

  decide to halt slavery.

• could

  impose protective tariffs.

• would

  elect its own president.

• was

  independent.

John Brown

• supported slavery

• opposed slavery