Sectionalism

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What does the 36°30' line represent on the map?

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The boundary between free and slave states in the US

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What is 'Sectionalism'?

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A period characterized by increasing economic and political differences between regions.

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What does the term 'Popular Sovereignty' mean in the context of sectionalism?

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The belief that the government is created by and subject to the will of the people

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The North had a higher population because: it had more industrial development.

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it had more industrial development.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of the Western region? Industrialization, Ranches, mining, and agriculture, High population density, Plantations

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Ranches, mining, and agriculture

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What state entered as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850?

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California

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What law was created by the Compromise of 1850 that intensified tensions between the North and South?

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Fugitive Slave Act

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What was the main claim made by Dred Scott in his lawsuit for freedom?

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Dred Scott claimed he was a free man because he had lived in a free state.

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John Brown was a famous _________.

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abolitionist extremist

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People in the North viewed John Brown after his hanging as:

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a hero and martyr