Chapter 17: Slavery Becomes A National Issue

How were freed African Americans treated differently in the South than in the North?

• In the South, they were allowed to own land.

• In the South, they were treated with more respect.

• In the South, they had fewer political rights.

• In the South, they had more job opportunities.

Why was slavery used more in the South than in the North?

• The economy of the South depended on unskilled factory labor.

• The government of the South was less democratic.

• The population of the South was smaller.

• The geography of the South led to the creation of large plantations.

How did the Compromise of 1850 impact the development of new states?

• It allowed each new state to vote on whether or not slavery would be legal.

• It banned the creation of new slave states.

• It forced all southern states to make slavery legal.

• It prevented the national government from banning slavery.

Which Supreme Court case increased the rights of slave owners?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

• Free Blacks must be given constitutional rights.

• Blacks were not citizens and could not sue in court.

• Laws banning slavery were unconstitutional.

• Congress could prohibit slavery in some states.

Before the Civil War, how was the economy of the South different from the economy of the North?

• The economy of the South depended on agriculture.

• The economy of the South depended on industrialization.

• The economy of the South depended on immigrant labor.

• The economy of the South depended on women to hold jobs.

What was the primary goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• to keep a balance between free and slave states entering the union

• to allow more slave states to enter the union

• to allow more free states to enter the union

• to end slavery permanently and unify the nation

Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write UncleTom’s Cabin ?

• to decrease support for industrialization

• to show the harsh conditions of slavery

• to increase support for secessionists

• to describe new business ideas

Why did southern politicians fear the creation of free states in the western territories?

• They did not want companies to hire European immigrants.

• They did not want to increase the demand for goods created in the South.

• They did not want to anger the Native Americans living in the region.

• They did not want the slave states to be outnumbered in Congress.

This is the cover of a book that was banned throughout the South before the Civil War. Why was this book banned throughout the South before the Civil War?

• It encouraged people to oppose slavery.

• It supported westward expansion.

• It argued for industrialization.

• It increased support for slavery.