WorksheetsEduProtocols - Sectionalism & Causes of the Civil War
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 11mins
Label the following sections of the map:
North
South
West
Sort the following characteristics of the North, South, and West that led to increased Sectionalism:
Factories and Manufacturing
Erie Canal
Plantation Farming
"King Cotton"
Large Population
Slavery
Manifest Destiny
Transcontinental Railroad
Ranching and Mining
The (a) maintained the balance of power between free and slave states by adding Maine as a (b) and Missouri as a (c) .
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.
Match the words with the correct definition.
a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest
fugitive
the idea that the people in a territory should vote to allow slavery
popular sovereignty
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
compromise
to formally discuss an issue
debate
a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
civil war
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue the government
Dred Scott must be freed
human beings were not property
(a) planned to raid (b) in order to capture the federal (c) to arm slaves and start a (d) .
