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Sectionalism

Authored by Rebecca Alarcon-clybourn

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What does the 36°30' line represent on the map?

The push for westward Expansion.

The Prime Meridian

The boundary between free and slave states in the US

The Tropic of Cancer

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 'Sectionalism'?

A) A period characterized by unity among regions

B) A period characterized by increasing economic and political differences between regions

C) A period characterized by loyalty to the country over regions

D) A period characterized by economic prosperity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the term 'Popular Sovereignty' mean in the context of sectionalism?

The belief that the government is created by and subject to the will of the people

The idea that states should have more power than the federal government

The concept that the economy should be controlled by the people

The notion that popular culture influences political decisions

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The North had a higher population because:

it had more industrial development.

it had better climate conditions.

it had more agricultural land.

it had more natural resources.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Western region?

Industrialization

Ranches, mining, and agriculture

High population density

Plantations

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What state entered as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850?

California

Texas

New Mexico

Utah

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What law was created by the Compromise of 1850 that intensified tensions between the North and South?

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

Dred Scott Decision

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