US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

**SECTIONALISM**

In the 1840s and 1850s, the different regions of the country were separated by _____ .

• geography - the different climates and landforms of each region

• economy - different activities that created jobs and money for citizens of each region

• culture - the different ways of living that fit the needs of the citizens in each region

• ALL of these are correct

**SECTIONALISM**

*Northern Economy = factories, textile mills, cheap labor

* Southern Economy = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

*Western Economy = mining for gold, farming wheat and grains

• cash crops on plantations, slave labor

• fishing, lumbering, and ship-building

• ranching cattle, horses, goats, and pigs

• NONE of these are correct

**SECTIONALISM**

What is the name of the agreement that saw California enter the U.S. as a "free state" and the passage of a strict "Fugitive Slave Law"?

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Northwest Ordinance

• The Cooperative Agreement

**SECTIONALISM**

The Fugitive Slave Law involved -

• capturing escaped slaves and returning them to the South

• helping escaped slaves find jobs in the North

• forcing escaped slaves to live in Canada

• NONE of these are correct

**SECTIONALISM**

What happened as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• the population of Kansas increased rapidly, and violence broke out between those FOR and AGAINST slavery [known as "Bleeding Kansas"]

• the legislative branch of government was separated into two parts: a Senate and a House of Representatives

• all trade between the U.S. and foreign nations was stopped [to protect our ships and our sailors] and the U.S. economy was nearly destroyed

• the U.S. doubled in size, and a huge amount of land became available for people to move into

**SECTIONALISM**

In the Supreme Court case _____ v. Sanford, the court ruled that slaves were property [not citizens of the U.S.], and therefore had no rights to petition the government for anything.

• Dred Scott

• Worcester

• Marbury

• Douglass

**EXPLORATION**

*Reasons: to increase wealth, to spread cultures, to expand empires [also known as Gold, God, and Glory]

*Example #1: Spain - searched for gold and built missions

*Example #2: France - claimed new lands and _?_?_?_?_

• profited from trading beaver fur

• established 13 colonies along the Pacific coast of North America

• declared war against Spain and Great Britain

• cut down trees and used them to build French forts in California and Florida

**COLONIZATION**

Religions:

- Puritans = settled in New England [especially Rhode Island]

- _?_?_?_?_ = settled in Maryland [to practice their religion peacefully]

- Quakers = settled in Pennsylvania [and established an anti-slavery group]

• Catholics

• Baptists

• Mormons

• Lutherans

**REVOLUTION**

Causes of the war:

- Proclamation of 1763 = colonists weren't allowed to settle west of the _?_?_?_ [a natural boundary]

- Consent of the Governed = colonists didn't like being taxed without their permission

- Intolerable Acts = Britain's reaction to the Boston Tea Party, increased tensions between the colonists and Great Britain

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• the Great Lakes

• the Pacific Ocean

**CONSTITUTION**

Amendments to the Constitution:

1st - freedom of religion, speech, _?_?_?_

4th - no unreasonable search and seizure

6th - right to a trial by jury

8th - protection from cruel or unusual punishments

10th - powers not given to the federal government belong to the states

• freedom of the press, right to peacefully assemble, and right to petition

• right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

• right to bear arms [leagally own weapons]

• freedom from housing troops against your will