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Name: ______________________________________

Dividing NationUnit Test Study Guide Test on Thursday, March 15

PART A: REFORM MOVEMENTS

1. What was the goal ofabolitionists?

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2. What was the goal of people working for suffrage?

_______________________________________________________________

3. Please complete this chart.

PART B:THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE DIFFERENT

19th Century Reformer Abolition or Suffrage?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Harriet Tubman

(Underground Railroad )

Frederick Douglass

(publisher of______________)

Susan B. Anthony

William Lloyd Garrison

(publisher of_______________)

Sojourner Truth


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4. For each statement below, choose whether it best describes the North or the South.

a. __________________ This region had more industrial production.

b. __________________ This region was mainly agricultural.

c. __________________ People in this region wanted the states to have more

power than the federal government. They wanted tomake decisions locally. This is called states rights.

d. __________________ People in this region thought that tariffs were goodbecause they helped to protect business from foreigncompetition.

e. __________________ This region had more railroads

f. __________________ This region had fewer manufacturing plants.

g. __________________ This region was more urban. This means they hadmorecities and industry.

h. __________________ People in this region believed that the nation was aunion that could not be divided.

i. __________________ People in this region felt they had the power todeclare anational law illegal.

PART C: SHOULD SLAVERY EXPAND INTO NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES?

5. Describe the Missouri Compromise:

1. Missouri would be a _____________ state.

2. Maine would be a _____________ state.

3. Slavery would be illegal north of __________________________.

6. Describe the Compromise of 1850:1. California would be a ____________ state.

2. People in the western territories would decide for themselves about slavery.

3. The ___________ Slave Law was passed.


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7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided for popular sovereignty in these territories.

What does this mean?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

PART D: SOUTHERN STATES SECEDED

8. The election of _____________________________________ caused the southern states to

secede.

9. List the states that seceded here: 10. List the border states here:

________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ A border state is a state that had slavery

________________________________ but DID NOT secede from the Union.

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You have to memorize the states that seceded! Before you start your test, you will writethem down on a piece of scratch paper. Create a mnemonic to help you memorize them!PART E: REVIEW FROM EXPLORATION UNIT!!

England, France, and Spain were three European nations that claimed land in North

America during the Age Exploration. Each of these nations interacted differently with the

American Indians.

England

11. At first, English explorer John Cabot claimed land in eastern ________________. Later,

English settlers formed the first permanent English settlement at

_______________________________.

12. Because the English settlers formed permanent settlements, they learned about_________________ from the American Indians. They also had conflicts with the Indians

about who owned the land.

France

13. French explorer Robert La Salle claimed the

________________________________________________.

14. The French spread Christianity to the American Indians and established fur

_______________________.

Spain

15. Francisco Coronado was one Spanish explorer who claimed land in the

_____________________.

16. The Spanish spread Christianity to the American Indians. They also spread European

______________

and made the Indians into slaves.

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