Westward Expansion, Sectionalism, Beginnings of Civil War

What is sectionalism?

• Act of formally withdrawing from the Union

• Division of the US by sections based on regional interests

• Network of secret routes and safe houses

• Compromises over slavery

Compromise of 1850

• Admitted California as a free state

• Admitted California as a slave state

Fugitive Slave Law

• Required Northerners to return runaway slaves to their owner

• Declared illegal businesses that tried to restrain trade

• Made it illegal for African Americans to vote

• Banned the transportation of prostitutes across state lines

This banned slavery north of the parallel 36,30' line.

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Rail system connecting cities in the North and South

• Subway system for major cities like NYC

• Smuggled illegal goods between the North and South

• Network of safe places to help runaway slaves

What is the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Underground Railroad

• North Star

• The Liberator

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in response to

• Nat Turner insurrection

• Trial and execution of John Brown

• Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850

• Admission of Missouri as a slave state

Why is Fredrick Douglass important?

• He helped to abolish slavery

• He taught other slaves how to read

• He believed in equal rights

• All the above

The North wanted to keep slavery

• True

• False

The American Civil War was about

• Independence

• Slavery

• Women's Rights

• Money