Sectionalism

This region was known for industrialization, cities, education reform, a network of railroads, and more.

• The North

• The South

• The West

This region was known for mining, agriculture, and ranching.

• The North

• The West

• The South

This region was known for large scale agriculture

• The North

• The West

• The South

This antebellum compromise that would settle the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase and admit the states of Missouri and Maine was the:

• Maine Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This compromise would admit California as a free state a year after the gold rush, and enact a tough fugitive law:

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Nullification Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

As part of the Compromise of 1850, in Washington D.C., _____ was ended, but _____ was still ok.

• the tariff, trade

• exporting, taxation

• slavery, the slave TRADE

• the slave TRADE, slavery

Part of the Compromise of 1850 was a tough fugitive slave law. How did the North react to that law?

• many northerners decided to become slave owners

• slaves decided to migrate west

• many joined the abolition movement

• northerners travelled to the South to rescue slaves from their owners

What book was written as a result of the new fugitive slave act from the Compromise of 1850?

• Common Sense

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Biography of Abraham Lincoln

• Uncle Sam's Cabin

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

• economics
• political ideas
• the roles of women
• attitudes about war

How did U.S. tariff policies contribute to sectionalism prior to the Civil War?

• Northern states benefited from the tariffs, while Southern states considered them an economic burden.
• Northern states gained European investment in industry, while Southern
  plantations had to rely on trade with Latin America.
• Southern states benefited from tariffs on raw materials, while Northern and
  Western states disapproved of higher prices for imports.