Sectionalism Review

Who is John Brown? (a)  

• A Violent Abolitionist
• A peaceful Abolitionist
• A Violent Slave Owner
• A Peaceful Slaveowner

What was John Brown was going to do in Virginia in 1859?

• Trying to start a slave rebellion

• Trying to protect slave owners from uprisings

• Trying to peacefully vote to abolish slavery

• Trying to peacefully protest slavery

What did John Brown do to unarmed pro-slavery men in Kansas?

• talk to them sternly

• protest in front of their house

• hacked them to death with swords

• agreed with them

What was Brown's penalty for his attack on Harper's Ferry?

• Jail time
• he was hanged
• no penalty
• nothing

Brown's actions further divided the nation.

• True
• False

This compromise admitted one slave state, and one free state. Additionally, it designated the status of future states in the region as off limits to slavery or open to slavery.

• Maine Compromise

• Louisiana Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

This compromise admitted California as a free state a year after the gold rush:

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

This region was known for industrialization, cities, education reform, a network of railroads, and more.

• The North

• The South

• The West

This region was known for large scale agriculture.

• The North

• The South

• The West

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act fail?

• It expanded slavery into Kansas.

• Outsiders came to Kansas to influence the vote. Fighting broke out.

• Kansas seceded from the union in 1854.

• The Supreme Court overruled the popular vote.