Unit 6 - Nationalism and Sectionalism

Unit 6 - Nationalism and Sectionalism

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Multiple Choice

How did the U.S. transport their goods to market during this time period?

• Canals and Rivers

• Interstate Highways

• Amazon and Fed Ex

• By elephant

Poll

Do you think it is a good idea to link all the states with a transportation system where all people can use it for movement and making money?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the canal that would link the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean?

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Columbian Canal

• Erie Canal

Nationalism Guides Domestic Policy

• Representative Henry Clay helped create the American System

• Part #1 Put a protective tariff on imported goods to protect American industry

• Part #2 Establish a national bank with a single currency

• Part #3 Improve our transportation system of roads, bridges, canals, and later railroads

• The Cumberland Road, National Road, and the Erie Canal helped connect Americans and allowed our goods to be brought to market

Multiple Choice

Who helped create the American System?

• John C. Calhoun

• John Quincy Adams

• Scott Key

• Henry Clay

Multiple Select

Which of the following was part of the American transportation system? (Pick 3)

• Canals

• Roads

• Airports

• Train Tracks

Multiple Choice

What three cities were connected as a result of the Erie Canal?

• Boston, Hartford, and Providence

• Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington D.C.

• Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati

• Buffalo, Albany, and New York City

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group supplied most of the labor to build the Erie Canal?

• Polish

• Irish

• African

• Asian

Missouri Compromise

• Sectionalism is loyalty to the region of the country you live in instead of the nation as a whole

• The South created a slave economy and the North created an industrial and farming economy

• Missouri wants to become a slave state, but it would upset the balance of free and slave state senators

• Maine is admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

• Any new states created could not be slave above the 36'30 latitude which is Missouri's southern border

• This was known as the Missouri Compromise

Multiple Choice

What is sectionalism?

• Having loyalty to your region over the country

• Having loyalty to the country over your region

Multiple Choice

What line of parallel did the U.S. use to divide new slave and free states?

• 49th Parallel

• 36th Parallel

• 34th Parallel

• 30th Parallel

Multiple Choice

What was balanced as a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• Kept the balance of slave and free representatives

• Kept the balance of slave and free supreme court justices

• Kept the balance of slave and free senators

Multiple Select

What two states were created as a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• Montana

The Election of 1824

• There were four presidential candidates in the Election of 1824 all belonging to the same political party (National Republicans)

• War hero Andrew Jackson had the most popular votes, but no one was able to get a majority of electoral votes

• The House of Representatives voted for John Q. Adams

• Adams was helped by Henry Clay because Clay was speaker of the house and knew many of the representatives and in return Adams made Clay Secretary of State

• The last four presidents were Secretaries of State and then became president

• Jackson called Clay's support and new job a "Corrupt Bargain"

• Andrew Jackson and his supporters created a new political party called the Democrats

Multiple Choice

Why did Jackson call the deal between Clay and Adams the "Corrupt Bargain"?

• Clay paid Adams a million dollars to his secretary of state position

• Adams made Clay Secretary of State which was the springboard to becoming president

• Adams guaranteed Clay would be president when he was done

Poll

Do you think there will be a new political party created in the United States today?

• Yes

• No