Sectionalism and Causes of the Civil War Unit Review

Question 1

Runaway slaves had to be returned to their owner because of the

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Fugitive Slave Act

Question 2

The economy of the South depended on

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King Cotton

Question 3

Sectionalism in the United States between the North and the South grew thanks to differences in

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all of these increased sectionalism

Question 4

The landmark Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sandford ruled that

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African Americans could not be U.S. citizens

Question 5

The Kansas Nebraska Act led Northern abolitionists to form the ____

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Republican Party

Question 6

Uncle Tom's Cabin helped

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grow support for the abolitionist movement

Question 7

The court case that said slaves were merchandise and inferior was called

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Dred Scott vs Sandford

Question 8

Abraham Lincoln was the

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first Republican President

Question 9

California joined as a free state in which compromise?

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Compromise of 1850

Question 10

People who led slaves to freedom were called __, while slaves who traveled north were called __

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conductors, passengers

Question 11

In the Missouri Compromise ________

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Missouri was a slave state, but Maine was a free state

Question 12

Which compromise forbid slavery north of the parallel 36°30′ north, except for Missouri?

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The Missouri Compromise

Question 13

Frederick Douglass was a

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all of these are correct

Question 14

Network of secret safe houses used to help slaves escape to freedom

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Underground Railroad

Question 15

Industry and manufacturing made up the economy of the ___

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north

Question 16

The south was a producer of cotton that was sold to England & northern mills. This helped ___

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the southern economy

Question 17

Eli Whitney's cotton gin helped

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increase slavery to increase production

Question 18

The southerns felt that tariffs

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threatened their way of life with increased cost of imports

Question 19

The economy of the West was built on

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mining

Questions 19