Sectionalism Blitz Review from Study Sheet

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
• mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)

Slavery

• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
• mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)

Fugitive Slave Law

• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
• mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)

Compromise of 1850

• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)

Western economy

• mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed

Southern economy

• plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed

Northern economy

• textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, some trade-related slave labor
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed

Sectionalism

• region’s geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the Civil Wa
• major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories
• allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
• part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
• North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed