Sectionalism & Reform Checkpoint Quiz

This region was known for industrialization, cities, education reform, a network of railroads, and more.

• The North

• The South

• The West

This region was known for mining, agriculture, and ranching.

• The North

• The South

• The West

This region was known for large scale agriculture, which was dependent on slaves.

• The North

• The South

• The West

 The belief that national interests should be placed below regional concerns is called

• Transcendentalism

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Annexation

What issued bitterly divided the north and south?

• types of jobs and economy in each region

• the main leaders of the political parties in each region

• Should slavery be allowed in new states formed from western territories.

• Slaves being allowed to get married and vote

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• Foreign goods & services

• Milk & eggs, other foods

• Gas & oil

• American goods & services

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 inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

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

Which issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all concern?

• The need for internal improvements in transportation

• The expansion of slavery in the western territories

• The placement of tariffs on foreign imports

• The distribution of frontier lands to small farm owners

This antebellum compromise of 1820 that would settle the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase and admit the states of Missouri and Maine was the:

• Maine Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Besides Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, what was the 3rd component of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Kansas got to fight to see if they would be free/slave

• 49* parallel was established as northern border of U.S.

• Rio Grande was established as the southern border of U.S.

• 36*30* line was established,