WorksheetsUnit 8: Sectionalism
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Sectional differences in the United States during the mid 1800s were mostly rooted in differences about
Religion
Economics
The Roles of Women
Attitudes about war
How did U.S. tariff policies contribute to sectionalism prior to the Civil War?
Northern states benefited from the tariffs, while Southern states considered them an economic burden.
Western states wanted tariffs to pay for improved infrastructure, while Northern states wanted to reduce the national debt.
Northern states gained European investment in industry, while Southern plantations had to rely on trade with Latin America.
Southern states benefited from tariffs on raw materials, while Northern and Western states disapproved of higher prices for imports.
Which of the following statements is true about the changes in slavery
Slaves from the Upper South were moved to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations.
The Upper South experienced an agricultural labor shortage in the antebellum period.
Slaves were transferred from the Lower South to the Upper South to work in newly built factories.
The Lower South lost population as settlers migrated west to establish new plantations.
How did both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 contribute to differences between free and enslaved African Americans?
The institution of slavery was allowed in some new states, while other states allowed freedom for African Americans.
Both compromises expanded rights for enslaved African Americans, but limited the rights of free African Americans in new free states.
Free African Americans gained new rights to vote and hold office in new free states while enslaved African Americans lacked any rights.
Both compromises limited the spread of slavery to east of the Mississippi River, allowing enslaved African Americans who escaped slavery to gain their freedom and political rights in free states.
What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature.
The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.
Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.
California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave Act, Slave trade banned in Washington D.C., States in Southwest can vote to have slavery, Texas debt paid in exchange for new boundary. This list describes what?
Tariff Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The causes of the Civil War was Sectionalism, Slavery, and what?
Federalism
States’ Rights
British Mercantilism
Congressional Compromises
Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?
The West
The Midwest
The South
The North
Which of the following is an example of popular sovereignty?
In 1837, Michigan becomes a free state because it is north of Missouri
In 1936, Arkansas becomes a slave state because it is south of Missouri
In 1849, California voters approved a state constitution that bans slavery
In 1846, the House of Representatives bans slavery in territories won from Mexico
Northern States: Textile manufacturing, large urban labor force, support of high tariffs.
Southern States: Cotton plantations, rural labor force, opposed high tariffs.
What can you infer about the above information?
The South's population primarily lived in large cities.
The South had a higher standard of living than the North.
The North depended upon foreign imports to feed its population.
The North was more industrial, while the South was mostly agricultural.
Why did slavery become a widespread practice in the United States during the early nineteenth century?
The system of indentured servitude was banned.
The need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.
Improved transportation systems made it easier for workers to migrate.
Advancements in technology led to the need for skilled workers.
One difference of economic development between northern and southern U.S. states during the early nineteenth century was
the growth of the factory system in the North
the support of international tariffs by the South
the growth of ship-building industries in the South
the decline of entrepreneurial innovations in the North
Missouri Compromise declared unconstitutional, The Triumph of slavery. Both these headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Worcester v. Georgia
What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?
It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.
It provided financing for canal construction.
It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.
It temporarily relieved sectional tensions.
Which statement best explains how the Supreme Court case Dred Scott V. Sandford decision affected the United States?
It convinced the Southern states to secede from the Union.
It led abolitionists to pursue their cause through state courts.
It made tensions worse between different parts of the country.
It forced states and territories to repeal laws abolishing slavery.
Which of the following was a result of the Missouri Compromise?
The slave trade ended.
Slavery was declared unconstitutional.
Only slavery states were admitted into the Union.
Political power was balanced between slave and free states.
The poster above reflects opposition to federal enactment of the
Black Codes
Fugitive Slave Law
Jim Crow legislation
Missouri Compromise
Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. It sold 10,000 copies in its first week and 300,000 copies in its first year. What best explains the importance of Stowe’s novel?
It encouraged more people to settle the West.
It inspired many people to support abolitionism.
It helped to increase literacy rates in the country.
It was the first book written by an American woman.
What role did the Election of 1860 play in the outbreak of the Civil War?
It caused a split in Southern Democrats in their support for Lincoln
It indicated that many non-slaveholders in the South supported Lincoln
It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery
It showed that slave owners in the West viewed Lincoln as one who would protect slavery
In what way did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 contribute to growing sectionalism within the United States?
It allowed states in the territory to vote on slavery.
It outlawed slavery within the new territories.
It protected Native American land claims within territorial boundaries.
It granted women voting rights within the territories.
It granted women voting rights within the territories.
They felt the federal government would not protect the rights of slaveholding states.
They felt the federal government did not act to provide a common defense from enemies.
They felt the federal government permitted citizens to denounce slavery as illegal and a sinful institution.
They felt the federal government established groups promoting the protection of escaped enslaved people.
