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EduProtocols - Sectionalism & Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Label the following sections of the map:

2.

Sort the following characteristics of the North, South, and West that led to increased Sectionalism:

Categorize the following

Factories and Manufacturing

Erie Canal

Plantation Farming

"King Cotton"

Large Population

Slavery

Manifest Destiny

Transcontinental Railroad

Ranching and Mining

North
South
West
3.

The ​ (a)   maintained the balance of power between free and slave states by adding ​Maine as a ​ (b)   and Missouri as a ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
Missouri Compromise of 1820
free state
slave state
3/5ths Compromsie
Southern State
Northern State
4.

The ​ (a)   upset the balance of power between free and slave states by admitting ​ (b)   as a free state, but also renewed the ​ (c)   to appease Southerners.

Choose from the below words
Compromise of 1850
California
Fugitive Slave Act
Texas
Great Compromise
Transcontinental Railroad Act
5.

Match the words with the correct definition.

a)

a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest

1.

fugitive

b)

the idea that the people in a territory should vote to allow slavery

2.

popular sovereignty

c)

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

3.

compromise

d)

to formally discuss an issue

4.

debate

e)

a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

5.

civil war

6.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

a)

slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue the government

b)

Dred Scott must be freed

c)

human beings were not property

7.

​ (a)   planned to raid ​ (b)   in order to capture the federal ​ (c)   to arm slaves and start a ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
John Brown
Harpers Ferry, VA
arsenal
rebellion
Stephen Douglas
Charleston, SC
bank
railroad