Check Understanding: Divisions & Compromises

Main issue that divided the nation before the Civil War

• Economics

• Immigration

• States' Rights

• Slavery

What were THREE sectional differences between the North and South that led up to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Immigration policies

• economic differences

• different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government

• trade policies

Why did southerners strongly support slavery?

• because the economy depended on it

• because they feared slaves would turn violent if set free

• they believed slaves could not take care of themselves if set free

Sort the differences to the correct region:

Groups:

(a) North

,

(b) South

,

(c) Both North and South

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• Political beleifs based on the Constitution

• Supported "States' Rights"

• Supported high tariffs to protect manufacturing.

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• Supported a strong centeral government

• Supported Reform Movements

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• Supported low tariffs to keep manufactured goods cheeper.

• Believed the Bibile sanctioned slavery.

Northerners in Free States worried that slavery was (choose 2)...

• growing larger and more powerful.

• spreading into Western territories.

• not producing enough cotton.

• causing inflation.

Match the compromise to its description:

• Missouri Compromise

• California became a state, and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

• Compromise of 1850

• People in each territory would decide on slavery by Popular Sovereignty.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state and maine as a free state.

Before the Civil War political parties found compromises between North and South to...

• Keep the balance of power in Congress.

• Prevent states from seceeding

• Avoid US involvement in the Middle East

• Stop the spread of Communism

The belief that Southerners had the power to declare any national law illegal is called

• federalism
• states' rights
• secession
• tariff

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Abolition Movement

• The Emancipation Movement

• The Citizen's Rights Movement