5.3 Sectionalism: Causes of the Civil War

Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?

• The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.

• The Union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.

• The Union matters more than the current disagreements between states.

• The Union will be preserved through force if necessary.

Which statement describes how the passage (approval) of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased Sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

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

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This table shows the population of enslaved people in 2 regions of the U.S. in 1840. Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown on the table?

• The South had a society that relied on wage labor.

• The South had a variety of natural resources.

• The South had an economy that relied on cotton,

• The South had an abundance of large cities.

Which Statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• The compromise allowed slaves to be counted towards a state's population for representation in Congress.

• The Compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slaves states in the Senate.

• The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves to the North.

• The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.