Sectionalism and Civil War

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This term refers to the time before the Civil War where the country was divided over the issue of slavery.

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Sectionalism

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These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case? McCullock v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Worchester v. Georgia

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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The idea that your region is more important than your country; increased by economic and geographic differences

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Sectionalism

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Which of the following describes the ability to vote on slave/free statehood (Kansas-Nebraska Act)?
Abolitionism, Popular Sovereignty, Compromise, Annexation

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Popular Sovereignty

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More factories, more people, and more miles of railroad were all advantages of the ___________ Army.

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Union

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Abraham Lincoln's justification for the Civil War

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Preserving the Union

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Abolition is a movement to end...

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slavery

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The Emancipation Proclamation...

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Freed slaves in the Deep South (warring states)

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Does Popular Sovereignty allow voters in an area to choose whether they want slavery or not?

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True

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The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) helped to increase sectional conflict because the decision

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denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories