Studies Weekly 17 - Trouble Between the States

The northern states economy was primarily based on which area?

• agriculture

• industry

• shipping

• sports

The economy of the southern states was primarily based in which area?

• agriculture

• industry

• shipping

• sports

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, all the delegates agreed on how the government should be run.

• True

• False

What did the members of the Federalist Party believe?

• The Constitution was invalid.

• States should have more power than the federal government.

• There should be a strong central government.

What did the members of the Democratic-Republicans believe?

• There should be a strong central government.

• States had the right to nullify federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.

• State and federal governments should have the same amount of power.

Southerners believed the government favored the Northern states.

• True

• False

Most of the population of the north lived on farms or in small towns.

• True

• False

Most of the population of the south lived in large cities.

• True

• False

Both the North and South believed that slavery should be legal.

• True

• False

Missouri was allowed to join the US as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state under which agreement?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Slave Act

• The Immigration Act