EduProtocols - Sectionalism & Causes of the Civil War

Label the following sections of the map:

a

b

c

North

West

South

Sort the following characteristics of the North, South, and West that led to increased Sectionalism:

Groups:

(a) North

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(b) South

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(c) West

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The ​ (a)   maintained the balance of power between free and slave states by adding ​Maine as a ​ (b)   and Missouri as a ​ (c)   .

• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• free state
• slave state
• 3/5ths Compromsie
• Southern State
• Northern State

The ​ (a)   upset the balance of power between free and slave states by admitting ​ (b)   as a free state, but also renewed the ​ (c)   to appease Southerners.

• Compromise of 1850
• California
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Texas
• Great Compromise
• Transcontinental Railroad Act

Match the words with the correct definition.

• popular sovereignty

• to formally discuss an issue

• civil war

• the idea that the people in a territory should vote to allow slavery

• debate

• a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

• fugitive

• an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

• compromise

• a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

• slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue the government

• Dred Scott must be freed

• human beings were not property

​ (a)   planned to raid ​ (b)   in order to capture the federal ​ (c)   to arm slaves and start a ​ (d)   .

• John Brown
• Harpers Ferry, VA
• arsenal
• rebellion
• Stephen Douglas
• Charleston, SC
• bank
• railroad