Sectionalism: Causes of the Civil War

What differences were there in economies of the North and the South in the 1820s?

• the Southern economy was dependent of Plantation Slavery

• the South was more industrial

• they were actually both quite similar contrary to popular belief

Why didn't Northerners want Missouri added to the Union as a slave state?

• the name sounded too French and most Northerners had a dislike for anything European

• they would not be able to collect a tariff 

• it would upset the balance of free and slave states in the Union

What were the three elements of the Missouri Compromise?

• civil war was outlawed, tariffs were ended, Missouri would be a buffer state between free and slave states

• Missouri would be a slave state, Maine would be a free state, no slavery would be allowed above 36.30 North latitude

What does annexation mean?

• to attach, append, or add

• to shut down 

• to separate or remove

Which is NOT a reason President James K. Polk was known as the "Manifest Destiny President"?

• Vetoed a bill that would have supported the National Bank.

• Secured the Oregon Territory for the U.S.

• acquired the territories of California and New Mexico.

• Achieved the goal of growing from ocean to ocean.

Why is Clay referred to as the "Great Compromiser?"

• he championed both the Three-Fifths and Great Compromise ideas at the Philadelphia Convention

• his presidency prevented the Civil War

• as a Senator he led both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 to balance free and slave interests

Which two are provisions of The Compromise of 1850?

• Slavery would be banned in all of the former Louisiana Purchase lands north of an imaginary line drawn at 36º 30’ latitude.

• The Fugitive Slave Act was passed to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their masters.

• Gave Texas back to Mexico to reduce tensions between the two countries.

• Texas was admitted as a free state.

What led to the term "Bleeding Kansas?"

• the blue building people fought the red building people over expansion

• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on the slave issue

• Stephen Douglas' plan for a railroad led to the death of many natives and bufffalo

The Brooks-Sumner beating in on the floor of the U.S. Congress was an example of growing

• sectional violence

• tension in the Western Territories gained through the Mexican Cession. 

• compromise and nationalism

In the Dred Scott decision, Supreme Court Justice Taney argued that African Americans were

• deserving of freedom based on the Missouri Compromise

• not considered citizens 

• superior to natives and French