ESL Sectionalism Test

This book helped persuade Americans to-

• support abolitionists

• want more slavery

• stop children from working in textile mills

• stop moving west

What was the question answered by these 3 compromises?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal law?

• Should slavery be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the United States?

Tags

Antebellum Slavery

Compromises

Which completes the chart?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Nullification Crisis

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• South Carolina secedes

Which statement describes why the South had more slaves than the North?

• The South had an economy that used wage labor.

• The South had an economy that grew cotton.

• The South had many natural resources.

• The South had many large cities.

Tags

Antebellum Slavery

Frederick Douglass is famous for writing

• The North Star

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Liberator

The goal of the abolitionist movement was to-

• stop people from drinking alcohol

• stop immigrants from working in factories

• free slaves in the United States

• show problems with the national government

According to the picture, what was one reason for fighting between the North and the South?

• Slavery

• Tariffs

• Industrialization

• Compromise of 1850