Sectionalism 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?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

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 of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C. slave markets

• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856

• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

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

• religion

• economics

• the roles of women

• attitudes about war

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.

Which geographic factor was common in the North but was lacking in the South prior to the American Civil War?

• Seaports

• Railroads

• Plantations

• Coastal cities