Sectionalism: Warm-up Day 2 (Lowman Essentials)

Prevented European colonization of land in the Western Hemisphere

• Checks and balances
• Citizen responsibilities
• Missouri Compromise
• Monroe Doctrine

Each branch of government has some power over the other two branches, helps prevent one branch from becoming too powerful

• Checks and balances
• Citizen responsibilities
• Missouri Compromise
• Monroe Doctrine

Temporarily settled the national debate over whether new states would permit or prohibit slavery

• Checks and balances
• Citizen responsibilities
• Missouri Compromise
• Monroe Doctrine

Citizens must serve on juries to determine a verdict, vote in elections

• Checks and balances
• Citizen responsibilities
• Missouri Compromise
• Monroe Doctrine

Determine which detail describes the economic differences between the North and the South in the mid-1800s.

Select the correct letter for Boxes 1 and 3

• A

• B

• C

• D

Determine which detail describes the economic differences between the North and the South in the mid-1800s.

Select the correct letter for Boxes 2 and 4

• A

• B

• C

• D

John C. Calhoun believed that -

• slavery was a matter that should be ruled on by the federal government
• the U.S. Constitution provided states the right to decide on the issue of slavery themselves
• states should remain a part of the Union regardless of how upset they are over ratified laws
• South Carolina should secede from the Union because it was the only state that outlawed slavery

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

• 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.

Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?

• “I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”
• “I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland…”
• “What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness…”
• “There is no failure in the potato crop…”