Unit 8: Sectionalism Review

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

(a)   ​

• economics
• slavery
• presidents
• crops

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8.1A

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

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8.12A

Identify the economic differences noted in Northern or Southern States.

• Southern States

• Cotton Plantations

• Southern States

• Support High Tariffs

• Northern States

• Rural Labor Force

• Southern States

• Textile Manufacturing

• Northern States

• Oppose High Tariffs

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8.12A

The poster above reflects opposition to federal enactment of the ​ (a)  

• Fugitive Slave Law
• Compromise of 1850
• Election of 1860

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8.7D

Which of the following is an example of popular sovereignty?

• In 1837, Michigan becomes a free state because it is north of Missouri

• In 1936, Arkansas becomes a slave state because it is south of Missouri

• In 1849, California voters approved a state constitution that bans slavery

• In 1846, the House of Representatives bans slavery in territories won from Mexico

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8.7D

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Worcester v. Georgia

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8.18C

What role did the Election of 1860 play in the outbreak of the Civil War?

• It caused a split in Southern Democrats in their support for Lincoln

• It indicated that many non-slaveholders in the South supported Lincoln

• It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery

• It showed that slave owners in the West viewed Lincoln as one who would protect slavery

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8.8A

In what way did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 contribute to growing sectionalism within the United States?

• It allowed states in the territory to vote on slavery.

• It outlawed slavery within the new territories.

• It protected Native American land claims within territorial boundaries.

• It granted women voting rights within the territories.

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8.6A

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.

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8.7B

Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. It sold 10,000 copies in its first week and 300,000 copies in its first year. What best explains the importance of Stowe’s novel?

• It encouraged more people to settle the West.

• It inspired many people to support abolitionism.

• It helped to increase literacy rates in the country.

• It was the first book written by an American woman.

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8.23E