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WorksheetsSectionalism
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
What is Sectionalism?
The support of the nation as a whole instead of separate sections of the nation.
A belief that decreased the tension between the states.
Support of a section of the Nation instead of the nation as a whole.
A Native American belief system.
The 3 main sections of the country were the South, West, and East
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a country that immigrants came to the North?
Ireland
China
Germany
Britain
The North had less job opportunities than the South.
True
False
Which of the following did the South NOT support? (Multiple Answers)
The National Bank
Slavery
Protective Tariff
Which of the following regions benefited the most from Henry Clay's American System? (Multiple Answers)
North
West
South
Which of the following are reasons that the “Tariff of Abominations” in 1828 was created? (Multiple Answers)
To embarrass President John Adams to make sure Jackson won in that year's presidential election.
To increase pay for teachers.
To promote free healthcare.
To promote American industry.
Which of the following states nullified the “Tariff of Abominations” and threatened to secede from the union because of it?
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Nullification was that the states had the right to say no to (or nullify) federal laws that the states deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution.
False
True
What effect did the cotton gin have on the South?
Reduce slavery.
Increased the demand for land and slave labor.
Stop all tensions between the North and the South.
True or False: Abolitionist wanted to end the slave trades and ban slavery.
True
False
Who created the cotton gin?
Henry Clay
Dred Scott
John Calhoun
Eli Whittney
