Sectionalism Check for Understanding

Slavery in the West, tariffs, roads and canals, and interpretation of the Constitution are all examples of

• state's rights

• popular sovereignty

• sectional issues

• human rights

As each region of the country developed differently, people put the interests of their own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole. This is called

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• revolution

• mercantilism

Which statement is most accurate?

• Manufacturing was the major occupation in the South.

• In the North, most people had slaves

• Occupations such as shipping and craftsmanship dominated the South.

• A larger percentage of people worked in manufacturing in the North than in the South or West.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 to deal with the issue of

• slave trade in the south

• the removal of Native Americans from the land

• the building of the transcontinental railroad

• slavery in the territories being admitted to the Union

The decision that allowed California to join as a free state and outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C. was the

• The Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• The First Amendment

• Underground railroad

“I never use the word ‘Nation’ in speaking of the United States. We are not a Nation, but a Union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.”

-John C Calhoun:

What does John C Calhoun believe, according to his quote?

• He believes in loose construction of the Constitution

• He believes in strong Federal government

• He believes in states' rights

This abolitionist that was a runaway slave that was self-taught and became a great speaker about the importance to abolish slavery; this person also settled in Rochester and published the North Star,. This was

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• One of the Grimke Sisters

The law in 1854 that overturned the Missouri Compromise and gave the western territories the right to vote on the issue of slavery was

• Missouri Compromise

• Tariff of Abominations

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

In the 1857 Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were

• free in all territories

• citizens of the US

• allowed to move between the states

• property and had no rights anywhere

Under the Compromise of 1850, that people of the territory of the Mexican Cession were allowed to vote to decide on slavery. This is called

• nullification

• popular sovereignty

• human rights

• textiles