2020-2021 Unit 9 TEST REVIEW

What two states were admitted into the union under terms of a compromise to keep balance in the Senate?

Missouri and Maine

What federal legislation allowed for runaway slaves to be arrested and returned to the South?

The Compromise of 1850

How was the Southern economy hurt by the protective tariff?

increased the price of foreign manufactured goods

What Supreme Court decision found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

Dred Scott v Sandford

What was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

A state can overrule a federal law is the basis for what event in history?

Nullification Crisis

What question was addressed with the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, & Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

What was the economic difference between the South and North?

The north was more industrial while the south was mostly agricultural

What economy did the West cultivate?

agriculture and mining

How did the Compromise of 1850 impact both slaves and freedmen?

both were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

Where did most people live in the Midwest and South live?

in rural areas

What economies did the west and south focus on?

mining and plantations

The lower South had what?

more land devoted to plantations

What were both Boston and New Orleans founded as?

port cities

What region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

south

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

tensions between the North and South increased

What resulted from Congress passing the Fugitive Slave Act?

the abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North

Why did more immigrants settle in the north than the south in the mid-1800s?

the north had more industry than the south

What was Henry Clay committed to?

unity