What is sectionalism?

• Unity among states

• Tension between different sections of the country

• A form of government

• A type of economy

Sectionalism started during the ________.

• A) American Revolution

• B) Civil War

• C) Industrial Revolution

• D) Colonial period.

What does the term 'Antebellum' refer to?

• Period after a war

• Period before a war

• Period during a war

• Period of peace

How did sectionalism divide the nation? Only Cared About __________ - Each region wanted to protect the economic __________ of their section of the country.

• A) themselves, interests

• B) others, policies

• C) unity, goals

• D) peace, strategies

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 preserve?

• The balance of free and slave states

• The independence of slave states

• The abolition of slavery

• The expansion of slave states

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 ruled that slavery would be decided in the new territories through. . .

• nationalism

• popular sovereignty

• limited government

• federalism

In the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision, it was decided that Congress doesn’t have the power to ban __________.

• Slavery

• Immigration

• Trade

• Taxes

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Stephen Douglas

• John Breckinridge

What was one of the main reasons the Southern states were upset with the federal government?

• A) States' Right to Slavery

• B) High Taxes

• C) Lack of Representation

• D) Trade Restrictions

What does the dashed line on the sectionalism map represent?

• Political boundaries

• Environmental and economic differences

• Transportation routes

• Historical events