Unit 8: Sectionalism

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

• Religion

• Economics

• The Roles of Women

• Attitudes about war

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.

• Western states wanted tariffs to pay for improved infrastructure, while Northern states wanted to reduce the national debt.

• 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.

Which of the following statements is true about the changes in slavery

• 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.

How did both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 contribute to differences between free and enslaved African Americans?

• The institution of slavery was allowed in some new states, while other states allowed freedom for African Americans.

• Both compromises expanded rights for enslaved African Americans, but limited the rights of free African Americans in new free states.

• Free African Americans gained new rights to vote and hold office in new free states while enslaved African Americans lacked any rights.

• Both compromises limited the spread of slavery to east of the Mississippi River, allowing enslaved African Americans who escaped slavery to gain their freedom and political rights in free states.

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature.

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.

• Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased.

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.

California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave Act, Slave trade banned in Washington D.C., States in Southwest can vote to have slavery, Texas debt paid in exchange for new boundary. This list describes what?

• Tariff Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The causes of the Civil War was Sectionalism, Slavery, and what?

• Federalism

• States’ Rights

• British Mercantilism

• Congressional Compromises

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

• The West

• The Midwest

• The South

• The North

Which of the following is an example of popular sovereignty?

• In 1837, Michigan becomes a free state because it is north of Missouri

• In 1936, Arkansas becomes a slave state because it is south of Missouri

• In 1849, California voters approved a state constitution that bans slavery

• In 1846, the House of Representatives bans slavery in territories won from Mexico

Northern States: Textile manufacturing, large urban labor force, support of high tariffs.

Southern States: Cotton plantations, rural labor force, opposed high tariffs.

What can you infer about the above information?

• The South's population primarily lived in large cities.

• The South had a higher standard of living than the North.

• The North depended upon foreign imports to feed its population.

• The North was more industrial, while the South was mostly agricultural.