Sectionalism STAAR Review

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How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

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It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills

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These data could be used to support which conclusion? Options: Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods, States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations, Border states had to import needed raw materials, States in the upper South were heavily industrialized

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States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations

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Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

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Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

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Slaves from the Upper South were moved to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations

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Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

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Debate over the expansion of slavery into the West

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Which outcome best completes this diagram? Options: American Revolution, Popular Sovereignty, Manifest Destiny, Civil War

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Civil War

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Which diagram correctly compares two regions of the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?

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What was one result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-1800s?

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Sectional differences increased

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Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states than southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

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Southern states had smaller industrial sectors

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The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid-1800s. One major difference was that western states -

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focused on mining and agriculture