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Review of SC Gr. 8 content on Secitonalism
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1
Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 caused controversy in the North?
California's admission as a free state
Fugitive Slave Law
Awarding Texas $10 million dollars
Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
2
Which political party came into existence as a direct response to violence in Kansas?
Republican
Whig
Democratic
Independent
3
What prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1860 Presidential election results
Nullification crisis
4
What relatively unknown politician rose to national prominence in debates over slavery?
Stephen Douglas
John C Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
5
What war led to continued expansion of the U.S. and controversy over the expansion of slavery?
War of Guadalupe
American Civil War
War of Spanish Succession
Mexican-American War
6
What Constitutional principle let citizens decide whether slavery would exist in their state?
popular sovereignty
limited government
individual rights
federalism
7
The theory that a state could nullify an act of Congress they believed to be unconstitutional.
anti-federalism
state's rights
compositional theory
interposition
8
President Andrew Jackson's response to South Carolina’s nullification of the tariffs.
He ignored them.
He asked Congress to pass the Force Bill.
He sent troops to the state.
He told them to stop complaining.
9
What did the idea of states’ rights develop into?
The theory of relativity.
The theory of succession.
The theory of nullification.
The theory of secession.
10
This state’s entry in the Union as a slave state threatened the balance of power in the Senate.
Missouri
Arkansas
Mississippi
Maine
11
Who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
Martin Gray
Denmark Vesey
John Brown
Joe Smith
12
Why was the Kansas Territory referred to as "bleeding Kansas?"
Billy the Kid went on a rampage
Hostile settlers were fighting with Natives
Riots broke out over election results
A serial killer was on the loose
13
Agreement tried to avoid controversy by prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30’ latitude line.
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Force Bill
Kansas-Nebraska Act
14
This SC politician led the protest against the tariffs.
Henry Clay
Joel Poinsett
James L Petigru
John Calhoun
15
What was the name of the slave that sued for his freedom?
Denmark Vesey
Dred Scott
Martin Gray
Nat Turner
16
Why did the Tariffs of 1828 & 1832 anger southern politicians?
They felt it benefited northern industries & hurt slavery.
They were illegal
They were more than they could afford.
They were too confusing.
17
What congressional act repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
18
What was free soil?
Land that was free of Natives.
Land that residents wanted to be free of slavery.
Land that was given away.
Land that cost the U.S. nothing to buy.
19
This allowed CA to enter as a free state and outlawed the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
Commerce Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe
20
What publication by Harriet Beecher Stowe increased sympathy for fugitive slaves?
A Tale of Two Cities
A Separate Peace
Man on the Run
Uncle Tom's Cabin
