Sectionalism Slide Question

Multiple Choice

What answer below best describes Sectionalism?

• Sectionalism refers to the economic policies of a country.
• Sectionalism is the loyalty to a particular region or section of a country, often leading to conflict

• Sectionalism is the belief in a single national identity.
• Sectionalism is the practice of promoting international trade agreements.

Multiple Choice

What issue below would be a reason for sectionalism in the U.S?

• The invention of the steam engine.
• The signing of the Declaration of Independence.
• The establishment of the U.S. Constitution.
• Slavery and economic differences between the North and South.

Hotspot

Which region of the U.S is known for for Manufacturing and Urbanization?

Hotspot

Which region was known for agriculture of cash crops and slavery?

Multiple Choice

Sectional differences in the United States during the early 1800s were mostly rooted in differences about —

• economics
• political ideas
• the roles of women
• attitudes about war

Multiple Choice

How did U.S. tariff policies contribute to sectionalism prior to the Civil War?

• Northern states benefited from the tariffs, while Southern states considered them an economic burden.
• Northern states gained European investment in industry, while Southern
  plantations had to rely on trade with Latin America.
• Southern states benefited from tariffs on raw materials, while Northern and
  Western states disapproved of higher prices for imports.

Multiple Choice

Which compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and created a compromise line on the 36 latitude line?

• Kanas- Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

Missouri Compromise

Needed to maintain
slave-state/free-state balance.

Missouri = Slave State

Maine = Free State

What about future settling of
Louisiana Purchase?
◦Imaginary line (36 30’)

◦North of Line = Free
◦South of Line = Slave

Multiple Choice

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