Sectionalism and the spread of slavery
Quiz by Deborah Stranges
Grade 8
Social Studies
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8.8.B: Social Studies - History
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- Q1When you support the region you live in rather than the entire U.S.Sectionalism30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q2Someone who works to end slavery.Abolitionist30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q3Series of routes and safe houses to help slaves escape to the north or to CanadaUnderground Railroad30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q4Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery and convinced many people that slavery had to end.Uncle Tom's Cabin30s
- Q5The idea government gets its power from the people. Territories that voted to become a slave or free state used this principlePopular Sovereignty30s
- Q6An agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed one state to enter the Union as a slave state and another to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36°30´ latitude.Missouri Compromise of 182030s
- Q7Taxes placed on imported goods. The purpose is to protect domestic producers.Protective Tariffs30s
- Q8Required that northern states forcibly return escaped slaves to their ownersFugitive Slave Law30s
- Q9To leave or withdrawSecede30s
- Q10A conductor on the Underground RailroadHarriet Tubman30s
- Q11An agreement in which both sides give up some demandsCompromise30s
- Q12A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutionalNullification30s
- Q13Leading cash crop in the South in the 1800's.Cotton30s
- Q14The right of each state to make certain decisions without interference from the federal government.States' Rights30s
- Q15A state witch does not allow slaveryFree State30s