New Nation, Civil War, Reconstruction (7L5.TEST)

Question

States and Year of Admission:

- Ohio (1803)
- Free state

- Louisiana (1812)
- Slave-holding state

- Indiana (1816)
- Free state

- Mississippi (1817)
- Slave-holding state

- Illinois (1818)
- Free state

- Alabama (1819)
- Slave-holding state

- Maine (1820)
- Free state

- Missouri (1821)
- Slave-holding state

Question:
What conclusion can be drawn from the table? (1 point)

A. The threat of European trade embargoes convinced state and federal leaders to outlaw slavery.

B. The movement for the abolition of slavery grew in Southern states during the early nineteenth century.

C. The expansion of the United States increased sectional tensions between the states.

D. The use of popular sovereignty to determine the legality of slavery deescalated sectional conflicts.

Answer 1

The conclusion that can be drawn from the table is:

C. The expansion of the United States increased sectional tensions between the states.

This conclusion is supported by the pattern of admissions of free and slave-holding states, which illustrates the growing sectional divide over the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union.