Sectionalism

These data could be used to support which conclusion?

• Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods.

• States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations.

• Border states had to import needed raw materials.

• States in the upper South were heavily industrialized.

Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South?

• Western territories had limited land and a large immigrant population.

• Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers.

• Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave labor

• Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

What was one result of the law described above?

• Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

• Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political controversy.

• Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of abolitionist goals.

• Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on promoting women’s suffrage.

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Worcester v. Georgia

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

• 1) Large farms; 2) Slaves used for labor

• 1) Cottage industry; 2) Mild weather that attracted immigrants

• 1) Mining; 2) Metal ores and minerals

• 1) Ranching; 2) Railroads to transport cattle to market

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

• Slaves from the Upper South were moved to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations.

• The Upper South experienced an agricultural labor shortage in the antebellum period.

• Slaves were transferred from the Lower South to the Upper South to work in newly built factories.

• The Lower South lost population as settlers migrated west to establish new plantations.

Which region’s primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

What was one result of these regional differences?

• Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills.

• Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms

• Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded.

• Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.

• It provided financing for canal construction.

• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

• It temporarily relieved sectional tensions.