A Dividing Nation - Unit 2

Feeling more loyalty to your local region than to the nation

A movement to unite all regions under one government

The spread of industrialization across the country

The abolition of slavery in all states

Dominance of factories and small businesses

Reliance on large plantations

Production of cotton, tobacco, and rice

Majority enslaved population

Both slavery and cotton production increased significantly.

Slavery decreased while cotton production increased.

Cotton production remained constant as slavery increased.

Slavery and cotton production were unrelated.

The North supported tariffs to protect manufacturing, while the South opposed them fearing economic harm and retaliation.

Both the North and South supported tariffs to boost the economy.

The North opposed tariffs because they harmed manufacturing, while the South supported them.

Both the North and South opposed tariffs for different reasons.

It denied citizenship to African Americans and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

It abolished slavery in all states.

It granted citizenship to all enslaved people.

It strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.