Question
Q8
Q9
Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?
(1 point)
• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.
• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.
• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.
• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.
Read the headlines below and answer the question that follows:
* New York Daily Times *
March 7, 1857
Missouri Compromise
Declared Unconstitutional
* New York Daily Tribune *
March 9, 1857.
The Triumph of Slavery
These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?
(1 point)
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Worcester v. Georgia
Q9
Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?
(1 point)
• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.
• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.
• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.
• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.
Read the headlines below and answer the question that follows:
* New York Daily Times *
March 7, 1857
Missouri Compromise
Declared Unconstitutional
* New York Daily Tribune *
March 9, 1857.
The Triumph of Slavery
These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?
(1 point)
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Worcester v. Georgia
Answers
GPT-4o mini
For the first question regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and its impact on sectionalism, the correct statement is:
- **It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.**
This act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in certain territories, leading to increased tensions between free and slave states and heightened sectionalism.
For the second question about the Supreme Court case related to the provided headlines, the correct answer is:
- **Dred Scott v. Sandford**
This case ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and contributed to the continuation and expansion of slavery, which is reflected in the headlines describing the decision's implications.
- **It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.**
This act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in certain territories, leading to increased tensions between free and slave states and heightened sectionalism.
For the second question about the Supreme Court case related to the provided headlines, the correct answer is:
- **Dred Scott v. Sandford**
This case ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and contributed to the continuation and expansion of slavery, which is reflected in the headlines describing the decision's implications.