Sectionalism Review

Question 1

What is true about the Dred Scott case?

Answer 1

-Dred Scott sued for his freedom but lost
-The decision stated that slaves are property
-As a result of the decision, Congress could not prohibit (forbid) slavery in the territories.

Question 2

What is not true about the Dred Scott case?

Answer 2

• After the decision, the abolition movement increased throughout the south

Question 3

Missouri (slave or free)

Answer 3

Slave

Question 4

Maine (slave or free)

Answer 4

Free

Question 5

36”30 Line

Answer 5

Any territory north of this would be free and all territories South would be slave

Question 6

California (compromise of 1850)

Answer 6

Enter the Union as a Free state

Question 7

New Mexico and Utah Territories (compromise of 1850)

Answer 7

Would use popular sovereignty to determine if they would allow slavery

Question 8

Washington D.C.

Answer 8

The slave trade stopped here

Question 9

Fugitive Slave Law

Answer 9

Would be passed to please Southern slaveholders and require Northerners to return slaves back to their owners

Question 10

Henry Clay

Answer 10

Known as the “Great Compromiser” (Created Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850)

Question 11

Harriet Tubman

Answer 11

Helped enslaved people escape using the Underground Railroad and served during the CIvil War

Question 12

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 12

Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin showcasing the evils of slavery

Question 13

John Brown

Answer 13

Abolitionist that led a raid on Harpers Ferry a federal arsenal to start a slave revolt

Question 14

Fort Sumter

Answer 14

Union troops attacked by Confederate troops in South Carolina; started the Civil War

Question 15

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 15

Created 2 new territories and settlers could vote on whether to allow slavery or not; popular sovereignty

Question 16

Free states vs. Slave states Power struggle

Answer 16

Balancing power in the SENATE

Question 17

Election of 1860

Answer 17

Leads to several states seceding from the union

Question 18

The political power struggle between free states and slave states as the nation spread Westward was about representation in the

Answer 18

SENATE

Question 19

During the era of sectionalism (1820-1860), did tension between the North and SOuth decrease or increase over time?

Answer 19

Increase

Question 20

What was the issue that caused all the tension between the North and South during all of these events: Missouri entering the US as a state, The violence in Kansas, and California being admitted as a new state.

Answer 20

SHould slavery be allowed in the west (newly acquired territories

Question 21

Missouri Compromise - (Territories that were involved)

Answer 21

Louisiana Territory

Question 22

Compromise of 1850 - (Territories that were involved)

Answer 22

Mexican Cession

Question 23

Charles Sumner

Answer 23

Gave a harsh speech about Kansas

Question 24

Reason for speech

Answer 24

Violence in Kansas

Question 25

Preston Brooks

Answer 25

Defended his cousin's honor by beating the person who gave the speech with a cane

Question 26

Andrew Butler

Answer 26

Was criticized and insulted by speech

Question 27

What was the result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Answer 27

Douglas won, but Lincoln's reputation grew because of the publicity

Question 28

According to his inauguration speech given in March 1861, what was Lincoln's priority?

Answer 28

Preserve the Union

Question 29

California admitted as free state; remaining territory is split into New Mexico and Utah; slave trade ends in Washington D.C.; stricter fugitive slave law

Answer 29

Compromise of 1850

Question 30

These territories would allow the use of Popular Sovereignty to determine if the states would enter the union as free or slave state. Repeals the Missouri Compromise.

Answer 30

Kansas - Nebraska Act

Question 31

Using 36'30' line any future state above the line enters union as free state, and anything below enters the union as a slave state. Missouri is admitted as slave, and Maine is admitted as free.

Answer 31

Missouri Compromise

Question 32

am I going to pass this test?

Answer 32

YES!