Unit 9: Sectionalism

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

• to expand the territory of American to the Pacific Ocean
• to give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state
• to prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States
• to start a nation separate from the southern states

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because -

• the U.S. would be preserved as one
• California would be a slave state
• Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers
• it would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

• Ulysses S. Grant becomes General of the Union Army
• South Carolina secedes from the Union
• The Thirteenth Amendment is passed by Congress
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act results in bloodshed

The best selection to complete 4 is -

• eliminated the practice of slavery in the North

• overturned the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

• affected both freemen and slaves

The best selection to complete 5 is -

• abolitionist movement

• temperance movement

• transcendentalist movement

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he -

• worked to get California admitted to the Union as a free state
• made the Supreme Court ruling on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case
• served as the president of the Confederate States of America
• served as a congressman from Massachusetts

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln holds that -

• slavery should be allowed to spread to western territories
• the Unites States should seek to acquire more land from Mexico
• the 13 Colonies should not have seceded from Britain
• despite differences all states must remain a part of the Union

Which of the following best completes this chart?

• Fugitive Slave Law
• Nullification Crisis
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• South Carolina secedes

This is a map of the United States. Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture? Select the correct answer.

• A
• B
• C
• D

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

• were no longer legal property of their former masters
• legally had the right to suffrage in federal elections
• did not have legal rights or protections in federal courts
• had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness