Chapter 10 - Sectionalism & Causes of the Civil War

Determine whether each statement describes the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Act Prohibiting

Importation of Slaves of 1807, or both.

Groups:

(a) Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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(b) Both

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(c) Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

• restricted slavery & trade of enslaved people

• Included a fugitive slave provision

• illegal to bring enslaved people into U.S. from other countries

• prevented early westward expansion of slavery

• increased domestic slave trade

Which statements accurately describe the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793? (Choose 2)

• It overturned a clause in the Constitution.

• It made it easier to assist people who were escaping from slavery.

• It provided specific procedures to enforce a clause in the Constitution.

• It made it easier for slaveholders to capture people who escaped from slavery.

Place each statement in the correct category.

Groups:

(a) German Coast Uprising

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(b) Both

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(c) Nat Turner's Rebellion

• started by enslaved people who fought for their freedom

• Virginia

• inspired by leader's religious beliefs

• resulted in stricter laws for enslaved people

• Louisiana

• inspired by Haitian Revolution

• started on a plantation

In which area was slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The Missouri Compromise allowed ​ (a)   to enter the Union as a slave state and ​ (b)   to enter as a free state. This compromise made sure that political power in the Senate was ​ (c)   as the country expanded west.

• Missouri
• Maine
• balanced between free & slave states
• Utah
• New Mexico
• held by free states
• held by slave states

The South ​ (a)   decisions in Dred Scott v. Sandford and North Carolina v. Mann. The decisions made the North ​ (b)   . Sectionalism ​ (c)   as a result of the decision.

• supported
• angry
• increased
• disliked
• happy
• decreased

Which statement BEST describes the effect of the Nullification Crisis on the United States?

• It emphasized regional divisions and helped lead to the Civil War.

• It emphasized shared interests and helped keep the country together.

• It emphasized new divisions and led to the breakup of the Whig Party.

• It emphasized the power of the Supreme Court and led to more important decisions.

In 1828, the federal government placed a tariff on foreign goods to help (a)   . People in the ​ ​ (b)   called this the "Tariff of Abominations." This led to the ​ (c)   in which a state claimed it could decide not to follow federal law.

• Northern industries
• Southern farmers

• Western settlers

• Nullification Crisis
• South
• North
• West
• Compromise of 1850
• North Carolina v. Mann

Which action of the Compromise of 1850 most likely received the most support from Southern plantation owners?

• The passage of a strict fugitive slave law

• The end of slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• The admission of California to the Union as a free state

• The use of popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery in new territories.

Which statement accurately explains the cause for the Compromise of 1850?

• The Missouri Compromise broke down, and a new plan was needed for Kansas and Nebraska.

• The Fugitive Slave Act had become an issue between the North and South, and a compromise was

  needed to resolve it.

• The Supreme Court said the national government could not prohibit slavery in western territories.

• California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, and this would upset the balance of power in the

  Senate