Regions of the US argued over the institution of slavery

• Sectionalism

• Regionalism

• Statism

This economy was based on textile mills, factories, and immigrant labor (especially in large cities).

• Northern Economy

• Southern Economy

• Western Economy

This economy was based on slave labor in a plantation system. The cash crop produced was primarily cotton.

• Northern Economy

• Southern Economy

• Western Economy

This economy focused on mining precious metals and agriculture (farming and ranching with livestock).

• Northern Economy

• Southern Economy

• Western Economy

Agreement that settled most conflicts between the free states and the slave states. This allowed California to become a state while a strict fugitive slave law was passed.

• Compromise of 1850
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

Law where escaped slaves and free blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters and returned to the southern states

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Abolitionist Law
• Underground Railroad Act
• Emancipation Proclamation

This divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories and allowed popular sovereignty to decide on slavery.

• Popular Sovereignty Agreement
• Louisiana Purchase Act
• Slavery Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

A political party formed in 1854 that united against the spread of slavery in the West

• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• Whig Party
• Green Party

The idea that called for the voters in a new territory to decide whether to allow slavery

• Unpopular dictatorship
• Popular sovereignty
• Authoritarian control
• Tyrannical rule

A union formed by southern states

• Confederate States of America

• American Federation

• Coalition of American States

• American Alliance