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Attempted to solve the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty; violence erupted as a result of the law
Geography caused country to develop economic differences
Ruled slaves were property and not citizens
North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
Kansas-Nebraska ActSectionalismCompromise of 1850Dred Scott v. Sandford
Question 2
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Why did Southerners support states’ rights?

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Responses

The population of the South believed that each state was its own country.
The population of the South believed that each state was its own country.

Southerners did not want the federal government to abolish slavery because it was not in their interests.
Southerners did not want the federal government to abolish slavery because it was not in their interests.

The southern states wanted to own the rights to all railroad tracks in their state.
The southern states wanted to own the rights to all railroad tracks in their state.

Many Southerners disagreed on the issue of women’s suffrage.
Many Southerners disagreed on the issue of women’s suffrage.
Question 3
3

Which region’s primary economic activity in the 1860s was the cultivation of cotton?

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Responses

A
A

B
B

C
C

D
D
Question 4
4

Match these economies and contributing factors with the correct region.

Select the correct answer in each row.

(3 points)
Economy and Contributing Factors North South West
Fertile soil for cash crops expanded the plantation system

Access to inexpensive land and natural resources for farming and mining

Numerous fast flowing rivers led to the growth of factories

Question 5
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows:

The declared people of the compact union from which we have withdrawn was "to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,province for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity;" and when, in the judgement of the sovereign States now composing thins Confederacy, it had... ceased to answer the ends for which it was established, a peaceful appeal to the ballot-boc decleated that so far as they were concerned, the government created by that compact.

How did President Abraham Lincoln react to the idea expressed in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address?

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Responses

Lincoln called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling on the legality of secession.
Lincoln called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling on the legality of secession.

Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.
Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.

Lincoln believed the reasoning to leave the Union was protected by the Constitution.
Lincoln believed the reasoning to leave the Union was protected by the Constitution.

Lincoln prepared to amend the Constitution in order to appease the Southern states.
Lincoln prepared to amend the Constitution in order to appease the Southern states.

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Here are the suggested responses for each question based on historical context:

Question 1: Match the historical events with their descriptions.

  • Attempted to solve the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty; violence erupted as a result of the law -> Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Geography caused country to develop economic differences -> Sectionalism
  • Ruled slaves were property and not citizens -> Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed -> Compromise of 1850

Question 2: Why did Southerners support states’ rights?

  • Southerners did not want the federal government to abolish slavery because it was not in their interests.

Question 3: Which region’s primary economic activity in the 1860s was the cultivation of cotton?

  • D (Typically, the South was known for cotton cultivation)

Question 4: Match these economies and contributing factors with the correct region.

  • Fertile soil for cash crops expanded the plantation system -> South
  • Access to inexpensive land and natural resources for farming and mining -> West
  • Numerous fast flowing rivers led to the growth of factories -> North

Question 5: How did President Abraham Lincoln react to the idea expressed in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address?

  • Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.