Sectionalism STAAR Review

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

• It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast

• It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills

• It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories

• It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue

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

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

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• 2

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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 settler migrated west to establish new plantations

Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

• Disagreement over the boundaries of the Oregon Territoru

• Growing support from limiting female suffrage and immigration

• The limits on free speech and press included in the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Debate over the expansion of slavery into the West

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

Which diagram correctly compares two regions of the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?

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What was one result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-1800s?

• Sectional differences increased

• The federal government prohibited immigration

• Job opportunities decreased

• Fewer public lands were devoted to transportation

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states than southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

• Northern states had lower population densities

• Citizenship requirements in southern states were not as strict

• Southern states had smaller industrial sectors

• Governments in northern states were less corrupt

The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid-1800s. One major difference was that western states -

• relied on subsistence farmin

• used natural harbors for shipping

• focused on mining and agriculture

• traded freely with other nations