STAAR Blitz 5.1 Sectionalism

Ruled slaves were property and not citizens Ruled slaves were property and not citizens

• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Sectionalism

North and South agreed, California became a free state but a strict Fugitive Slave Law was passed

• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Sectionalism

Geography caused country to develop economic differences

• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Sectionalism

Attempted to solve the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, violence erupted as a result of the law

• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Sectionalism

Why did southerners support states’ rights?

• The population of the South believed that each state was its own country.
• Southerners did not want the federal government to abolish slavery because it was not in their interests.
• The southern states wanted to own the rights to all railroad tracks in their state.
• Many Southerners disagreed on the issue of women’s suffrage.

This is a map of the United States. Which region’s primary economic activity in the 1860s was the cultivation of cotton? Select the correct answer.

• A
• B
• C
• D

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. How did President Abraham Lincoln react to the idea expressed in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address?

• Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.
• Lincoln called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling on the legality of secession.
• Lincoln believed the reasoning to leave the Union was protect by the Constitution.
• Lincoln prepared to amend the Constitution in order to appease the Southern states.

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature.
• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.
• Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.