Sectionalism Review

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 allow Missouri to enter the Union as?

• A free state

• A slave state

• A sovereign territory

• A commonwealth

What state was admitted as a free state to maintain a balance of slave to free states in the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• California

• Maine

• Kansas

• Nebraska

According to the Missouri Compromise, which line determined whether new states would be slave or free states?

• The Mason-Dixon line

• The 36°30' line

• The Equator

• The Prime Meridian

What was the first territory to seek admission as a state after the U.S. acquired the Mexican Cession?

• Texas

• California

• New Mexico

• Arizona

What did the Compromise of 1850 include in exchange for admitting California as a free state?

• A stricter Fugitive Slave Law

• The abolition of slavery

• The doctrine of popular sovereignty

• The establishment of the 36°30' line

What was the new doctrine proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas in the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular sovereignty

• Abolitionism

• Nullification

What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in Kansas?

• It led to a peaceful settlement of the slavery issue.

• It resulted in the immediate admission of Kansas as a free state.

• It caused a conflict known as Bleeding Kansas.

• It established Kansas as a sovereign territory.

Why did the North become the center of manufacturing during the industrialization period?

• Because of the large immigrant labor force and poor soil

• Because of the large plantations and cash crops

• Because of the favorable climate and long growing seasons

• Because of the gold mines and natural resources

What was the main economic principle for the South during the industrialization period?

• Mining

• Factory system

• Agriculture with large plantations growing cash crops

• Trade and tariffs

What nickname was given to the West due to its agricultural products?

• King Cotton

• The Factory of the Country

• The Breadbasket of the Country

• The Mining Capital