CH9L2/3: Unity and Sectionalism Review

Sectionalism resulted from

• rivalries over different soldier regiments from the War of 1812

• the South being jealous of the wealth generated by factories in the North

• people wanting different things that would benefit their region because of its geography

• political leaders in Congress wanting factories to only be built in the North and not allow the South to develop a manufacturing economy

Match the following

• The South

• Against a high tariff because it caused the prices of goods to increase

• The West

• Supported a high tariff because it protected American agricultural products

• The Northeast

• Supported a high tariff because it encouraged people to buy American manufactured goods

Some Northerners wanted to _________ slavery because they thought it was morally wrong. 

• proclaim
• emancipate
• abolish
• secede

Before Missouri applied for statehood there was a balance in the number of slave states and free states. How many of each type of state were there?

• 13

• 11

• 15

• 24

Which state was added as a free state to balance out Missouri joining the Union as a slave state?

• Maine

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Vermont

What is the term for disagreements between different regions of a nation?

• sectionalism

• federalism

• nationalism

• suffrage

What practice was banned in new territories above the 36 degree, 30 minute North line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise was passed?

• slavery

• religious freedom

• funding public education

• sectionalism

Why would someone in the south oppose the Missouri compromise?

• It would limit new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

• It would expand new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

How did the Missouri Compromise increase sectional tensions between the Northern free states and the Southern slave states?

• The Missouri Compromise limited religious freedom.

• The Missouri Compromise limited the expansion of slavery into new Western territories.

• The Missouri Compromise limited the expansion of new road and canal building projects.

• The Missouri Compromise limited trade in new Western territories

Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Kentucky

• Ohio