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Sectionalism (2-3, 2-4)

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  • Q1
    What was the main cause of sectionalism in the United States during the early 1800s?
    cultural differences
    religious differences
    political differences
    economic differences
    30s
  • Q2
    What is sectionalism?
    loyalty to one's country
    loyalty to one's religion
    loyalty to one's political party
    loyalty to one's region or section of the country
    30s
  • Q3
    What was the name of the law that made it illegal to help or assist runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Act
    Emancipation Proclamation
    Compromise of 1850
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    30s
  • Q4
    What was the main reason for the division between the North and South on the issue of slavery?
    cultural differences
    political differences
    religious differences
    economic differences
    30s
  • Q5
    What was the name of the book that helped to fuel anti-slavery sentiment in the North?
    The North Star
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    The Liberator
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the main goal of the Republican Party in the mid-1800s?
    to maintain the status quo on slavery
    to stop the spread of slavery into new territories
    to expand slavery into new territories
    to abolish slavery completely
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the name of the Supreme Court case that ruled that slaves were property and could be taken into any territory?
    Gibbons v. Ogden
    McCulloch v. Maryland
    Dred Scott v. Sandford
    Marbury v. Madison
    30s
  • Q8
    What was the name of the event that sparked the start of the Civil War?
    the Compromise of 1850
    the Missouri Compromise
    the attack on Fort Sumter
    the Emancipation Proclamation
    30s
  • Q9
    What was the main reason the South seceded from the Union?
    to expand slavery into new territories
    to protect their right to own slaves
    to form their own country
    to protest high tariffs
    30s
  • Q10
    What was the name of the president who led the Union during the Civil War?
    Jefferson Davis
    Robert E. Lee
    Abraham Lincoln
    Ulysses S. Grant
    30s

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