1. UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
The Unit Organizer
NAME 4
BIGGER PICTURE
DATE
Divisions in America 2
LAST UNIT
/Experience
CURRENT UNIT: 3
NEXT UNIT
/Experience 1
Reform Era
Sectionalism
Civil War 8
Unit Schedule 5
UNIT MAP
is about...
The regional tensions that divided the United States prior to the Civil War by
*Map
PA-Analogy with visual
Quiz
Explaining
analyzing
Dred Scott v Sandford
How the North, South, & West
were different
economically and socially
Analyzing
Key Political Events
of this era
TRTW
FRAME Comparison
Compromise FRAME
Vocab: Sectionalism, Compromise, Nullify, States Rights, and Protective Tariffs
How were the North, South, and West different? (Economically, socially, physically)
What did the Kansas Nebraska Act do?
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
How successful were compromises at relieving regional tensions?
Why was the Dred Scott decision important?
Explain
Analyze
Compare
Summarize 6
UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT 7

2. The Unit Organizer Sectionalism
NAME
DATE
Sectionalism
CURRENT UNIT:
Expanded UNIT MAP
The regional tensions that divided the United States prior to the Civil War by
Is about…
How the North, South, & West
were different
economically, geographically, and socially
is about...
Explaining
Analyzing
Dred Scott v Sandford
N – manufacturing, cotton mills, immigrant and women labor, railroads and canals connect it, urbanization and population booms
Reforms are strong, especially abolition with underground railroad, high tariffs help the industrial North by making prices more competitive against cheap imports.
S – plantations, cotton, slave labor, rural area, high tariff as a burden imposed by the more industrialized and populated north.. High tariffs on raw materials forced the South to sell their materials for low price
W – more connected to north because of canals, roads, and railroads
analyzing
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision – it denied citizenship of enslaved people; enslaved people were considered property; made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because it limited areas allowed for slavery. The South favored the decision, but the North did not, causing further tension between the North and South.
Key Political Events
of this era
Missouri Compromise – Missouri entered the Union as a slavery state and Maine entered as a free state. This Compromise also stated that north of the 36○30’ line, all states that entered the Union would be Free States.
Compromise of 1850 – California admitted as a free state; slave trade abolished in Washington, D.C.; stronger slavery laws would be passed to help slaveholders recapture runaway enslaved people
Fugitive Slave Law – required the return of escaped enslaved people to their slaveholders (pleased the South, angered the North because they felt it was immoral)
Kansas-Nebraska Act – allowed for Kansas and Nebraska to organize on the basis of popular sovereignty (they would vote themselves to decide if they would be free or slavery states)
PEOPLE
John C. Calhoun- South Carolina Senator who favored states’ rights and led opposition in South Carolina to the protective Tariff of 1828.
Henry Clay – Senator from Kentucky and known as the “Great Compromiser” for his ability to smooth sectional conflict through balanced legislation. He sponsored the Missouri Compromise in 1820, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Daniel Webster – Senator from Massachusetts known as “The Great Orator”; worked to create compromises with the southern states that would delay the start of the Civil War.

3. UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
The Unit Organizer
NAME 4
BIGGER PICTURE
DATE 2
LAST UNIT
/Experience 1
CURRENT UNIT: 3
NEXT UNIT
/Experience
Reform Era
Civil War 8
Unit Schedule 5
UNIT MAP
is about...
The regional tensions that divided the United States prior to the Civil War by
*Map and Concept Comparison over the sections of the United States
PA- Analogy with visual
Quiz
Explaining
analyzing
How the
were different
Analyzing
Key
of this era
Vocab: Sectionalism, Compromise, Nullify, States Rights, and Protective Tariffs
How were the North, South, and West different? (__________________________________)
What did the ________________________do?
What did the ________________________ do?
How successful were ______________at relieving regional____________?
Why was the _______________decision important?
Explain
Describe
Analyze
Compare
Summarize 6
UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT 7

4. The Unit Organizer Sectionalism
NAME
DATE
Sectionalism
CURRENT UNIT:
Expanded UNIT MAP
The regional tensions that divided the United States prior to the Civil War by
Is about…
How the North, South, & West
were different
economically, geographically, and socially
is about...
Explaining
Analyzing
Dred Scott v Sandford
analyzing
Key Political Events
of this era