Unit Test: Sectionalism Grade 8

That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States.

- The Republican Party Platform of 1860 Chicago, Illinois, May 1860

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because

Which statement best completes this cause-effect diagram?

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he -

"Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them."

-Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln hold that -

Which of the following best completes this chart?

Which region on the map had an economy based on mining and agriculture?

"A free (African American) of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a "citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States."

-Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford Ruling, 1856

In this excerpt the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans -

In which region of the United States did each economy develop?

One result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was -

Which effect best completes this diagram?

According to this political cartoon, what was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

How did the growth of slavery in the mid-1800s lead to the Civil War?

Select TWO correct answers

The Republican Party was founded on the basis that -

This headline would have been published after the -

Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existed in the United States, is non other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable war of the one portion of its citizens upon another potion- the only conditions 'of which are perpetual imprisonment and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination - in utter disregard and violation of those eternal nd self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence...

- John Brown, Provisional Constitution and Ordinances of the People of the United States, 1858

Based on this excerpt, John Brown was motivated to capture Harpers Ferry to -

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

What were the TWO main points of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?

Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided

In the mid-1800s debates in the Kansas and Nebraska territories arose over the issue of -

This image depicts a scene that is most likely from the -

Why did the Northern economy develop so differently from the economies of the West and South?

What is the message of this political cartoon?

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did southerners object to?