Topic 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests

What is the line on the map indicating?

• The line between slave states and free states in the Missouri Compromise

• The transcontinental railroad

• The path of westward expansion and settlement following the Homestead Act

• The line separating the Confederacy and the United States in the Civil War

Check all of the elements of the Missouri Compromise

• Slavery banned north of the 36°30′ line

• Missouri admitted as a slave state

• Maine admitted as a free state

• Fugitive slave act enacted nationwide

The American System was supported by​ ​ (a)   . It featured the creation of a ​ (b)   , federal funding of​ (c)   , and ​ (d)   to protect American manufacturing.

• Henry Clay
• national bank
• internal improvements
• tariffs
• Andrew Jackson
• education
• excise taxes
• Navy

Debates over the Missouri Compromise and the American System reflected:

• diverging regional interests in the U.S.

• the increasing power of the abolitionist movement

• the divide between northern agriculture and southern industry

• polarization between the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans

The owner of a​ textile in Massachusetts would likely support the​​ (a)  

• American System
• Missouri Compromise
• War of 1812
• Democratic Republican Party