Unit 10: Sectionalism

Henry Clay believed the South should accept the Compromise of 1850 because:

• Our nation would be preserved as one

• California would be a slave state

• Native American lands would be given to Anglo farmers

• It would give the nation the Fugitive Slave Law

Cause and Effect:

Cause: Lincoln is elected as president in 1860

Effect:

• Ulysses S. Grant becomes general of the Union Army

• South Carolina secedes from the Union

• The 13th Amendment is passed by Congress

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act results in bloodshed

Northerners responded to the Fugitive Slave Law by:

• Joining the Abolition Movement

• Writing letters to their congressmen supporting this law

• Enlisting in the military to fight against southern slave holders

• Moving to Mexico where slavery was illegal

Jefferson Davis is significant to American history because he:

• Worked to get California admitted to the Union as a free state

• Made the Supreme Court ruling on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case

• Served as the president of the Confederate States of America

• Served as a congressman from Massachusetts

Choose the TWO correct answers that resulted from the Compromise of 1850

• South Carolina Secedes

• Fugitive Slave Law

• California is added as a free state

• Nullification Crisis

Which region of the US had an economy based on mining and agriculture?

• The West (near California)

• The Midwest (near Missouri)

• The South (near Georgia)

• The Northeast (near New York)

Which of the following was the economy of the North?

• Agriculture

• Factories

• Fur trading

• Oil

One result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:

• Americans were united over the democratic process

• Slavery was outlawed across the United States

• Americans fought against each other over the issue of slavery

• African Americans were ruled to be property

Cause and Effect

Cause: Ft. Sumter

Effect:

• Slavery is abolished

• Abraham Lincoln is elected president

• The Confederacy is formed

• The Civil War begins

What was one of the major reasons for the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Tariffs

• Industrialization

• The Compromise of 1850