11.3b - Sectionalism and Build-up to the Civil War | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was

Less Northern resistance

Freedom for escaped slaves

Greater division between North and South

Decline in Southern agriculture

The main goal of the Free Soil Party was to

Stop the expansion of slavery westward

End immigration from Europe

Support national banks

Lower Southern taxes

President Andrew Jackson opposed the National Bank because he

Supported foreign ownership of banks

Wanted to increase its power

Thought it helped small farmers

Believed it favored the wealthy elite

Southern leaders supported slavery as

Vital to agriculture and social structure

Banned by federal law

A failed economic system

Unpopular in border states

Southern leaders used the idea of states’ rights to

Ban all new taxes

Reform immigration policies

Defend slavery from federal interference

Promote civil rights protections

The Missouri Compromise attempted to resolve tensions by

Keeping a balance of free and slave states

Ending slavery in Northern states

Removing the 3/5 rule from the Constitution

Banning slave trade across the country

The abolition movement focused on

Expanding the Constitution

Passing voting laws for immigrants

Balancing trade with the South

Ending slavery in the United States

The Compromise of 1850 included

Passing a tougher Fugitive Slave Law

Annexing new land from the territories

Giving citizenship to freed slaves

Banning slavery in western states

The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people by

Providing secret escape routes to freedom

Selling land in the West

Starting open rebellions

Sending petitions to Congress

The North had more railroads and factories than the South, which

Gave it a major advantage during the Civil War

Caused sectional peace and prosperity

Led to stronger support for slavery

Made it harder to pass the Fugitive Slave Act

The Lincoln-Douglas debates focused mainly on

Election procedures in the West

Banking and tariffs

The expansion of slavery into new lands

U.S. foreign policy

The Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford stated that

Slaves had limited legal protections

Congress could end slavery anywhere

States must return all escaped slaves

The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Andrew Jackson’s use of the spoils system meant that he

Fired federal judges for political gain

Promoted the best-qualified civil servants

Gave government jobs to political supporters

Hired only military officers into government

William Lloyd Garrison published

The Liberator, which opposed slavery

The Kansas Code, about local laws

Common Sense, which urged independence

The Federalist, promoting the Constitution

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Raised Northern anger toward slavery

Supported Southern slaveowners

Proposed a compromise on slavery

Justified the Dred Scott decision

The Dred Scott decision ruled that

Slaves had full legal rights

Free blacks could vote in all elections

All states must allow slavery

Enslaved people were considered property

John Brown is most known for

Trying to start a revolt at Harpers Ferry

Debating slavery in Congress

Writing the Compromise of 1850

Leading protests against tariffs

Abraham Lincoln gained national attention by

Protesting taxes in Massachusetts

Leading Southern Democrats

Writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Challenging slavery in political debates

The Nullification Crisis showed that

Congress had no power to tax

Courts could override elections

Slavery was ending peacefully

States might try to ignore federal laws

The expansion of slavery became a national issue due to

New western lands needing decisions on slavery

Decreased cotton production

Lower taxes for plantations

Supreme Court restrictions

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to

Remove federal law enforcement

Ban all slavery in the West

Choose new governors directly

Vote on whether to allow slavery

The election of 1860 led to

Northern states leaving the Union

Abolition of slavery nationwide

Southern states seceding from the Union

Full support of Lincoln in the South

The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia ruled that

Native Americans could not own land

The Indian Removal Act was legal

States could nullify federal laws

Georgia had no authority over Cherokee lands

The Republican Party was formed to

Back the Dred Scott decision

Oppose the spread of slavery to new territories

Support lower taxes for farmers

Repeal the Missouri Compromise

Secession means

Leaving the United States

Creating new military branches

Voting to limit tariffs

Reforming state constitutions

The term “sectionalism” refers to

Migration from cities to farms

The separation of church and state

The formation of third parties

Loyalty to one’s region over the country

Abraham Lincoln believed his main goal was to

End states’ rights forever

Promote Western settlement

Preserve the Union above all else

Abolish slavery in all states

Frederick Douglass was known for

Writing pro-slavery laws

Speaking out against slavery and injustice

Leading a Southern rebellion

Creating the Missouri Compromise

Jackson’s response to Worcester v. Georgia showed that he

Ignored the Supreme Court’s decision

Respected the Court’s authority

Supported Native American rights

Resigned in protest

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed the federal government to

Grant U.S. citizenship to all Native peoples

Protect Native American lands from settlers

End land disputes in New England

Relocate Native Americans west of the Mississippi River

"Bleeding Kansas" was a result of

A rebellion against British troops

Northern opposition to tariffs

Fighting over slavery in new territories

Economic hardship from war debt

The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of

Mexican farmers from Texas

Cherokee and other tribes to western territories

Enslaved people from the Upper South

Loyalists after the American Revolution

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