9.2 Nationalism and Sectionalism

9.2 Nationalism and Sectionalism

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A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Communism

• Capitalism

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Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Communism

• Capitalism

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Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy.

• Era of Good Feelings

• The Cumberland Road

• The American System

• The Erie Canal

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A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.

• The Era of Good Feelings

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The War of 1812

• The American System

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Why was the Missouri Compromise so important to the nation?

• It ended sectionalism and brought a period of national unity to the nation.

• It maintained the balance of power between free states and slave states.

• It ended slavery throughout the United States.

• all of the above

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Why did the question of admitting Missouri to the Union divide the country?

• It was too big of an area.

• It would tip the balance of power in Congress between Free States and Slave States.

• There were not enough people in the Missouri Territory.

• Nobody liked Missouri because well… Missouri.

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What was the Missouri Compromise?

• The plan to allow Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to become a free state

• a plan to improve the nation through a system of roads and canals

• an agreement in which both the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republicans supported James Monroe for president

• an agreement between the nation's regions on a national bank