1. Sectional Differences and the Civil War
Unit Exam Review

2. Sectionalism

3. What was the main reason for sectional differences in America in the early 1800s?
Environment
Economy
Social/Cultural
Politics

4. Place the Events in the proper sequential Order
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Nullification Crisis
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act

5. When Was the Civil War Fought?

6. How did northern and southern views tariffs differ?
Northerners favored tariffs because they benefited from them, but southerners felt they were a economic burden.

7. How did northern and Southern views of slavery differ?
Most northerners were not accustom to the practice of slavery, and tended to supported abolition, while southerners viewed slaves as a source of labor and necessary to their economy.

8. What are the 5 Key points of the Compromise of 1850?
California entered as a free state
A strict fugitive slave law was passed
Slave trade banned in D.C
Utah and New Mexico Territories could use popular sovereignty to determine slavery in their states
Texas was reduced to its current size

9. Who was henry clay?
He was known as the great compromiser, he helped to resolve sectional differences and balance the power of free and slave states in congress.

10. What are the key points to the Missouri COmpromise?
Missouri would enter as a slave state
Maine would enter as free state
Slavery was banned north of Missouri’s southern border

11. Who were the four civil war leaders?
Union
Confederacy
President – Abraham Lincoln
General – Ulysses S. Grant
President – Jefferson Davis
General- Robert E. Lee

12. what is the best title for the chart below?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
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Supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election
No more expansion of slavery
Split over slavery, had two candidates
Individual states could determine the issue of slavery for themselves

13. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the US?
It did not end slavery in America, it only freed slaves in the confederacy and led to many African American men to join the Us Army.

14. Where were the first shots of the civil war fired?
Ft. Sumter, South Carolina.

15. Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the civil war?
Because the confederacy was defeated in this bloody battle and never tried to invade the north again.

16. What impact did Lincoln’s death have on the nation?
The loss of his leadership made it difficult for the nation to overcome the challenges .

17. Did Abraham Lincoln think secession was legal?
No, he thought It set a dangerous precedent, he viewed secession as illegal.

18. What does this image reveal about the north’s strategy of defeating the south?
The North enacted a barricade of the southern coastline, the strategy was known as the Anaconda plan. The goal was to prevent the two major ports of the South, New Orleans and Charleston from receiving supplies.

19. What were some advantages the north and the south had during the civil war?
The North was more industrialized, had a larger population, and better transportation.
The South’s advantage was their terrain, they had the home field advantage and only had to fight a “Defensive War.”

20. Summarize the Dred Scott Decision?
Slave were not freed even if they lived or traveled to free state or territory
Slaves were not protected by the constitution
Slaves were property not citizens
The Missouri compromise was found to be unconstitutional

21. What amendment to the Constitution overturned the Dred Scott Decision?
13th Amendment