Sectionalism - Road to the Civil War Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• political : both enslaved and free african americans had no _ voice or power in the 1800s
• federalism : a government in which power is shared between the national government and the states
• south : long growing season, economy built on plantation system of cash crops; allowed slavery; hated tariffs
• union : term given to the united states as a whole
• henry clay : senator known as the "king of compromise" or "great compromiser"
• balance : the admission of states in the west was used to maintain the _ of slave and free states in the senate
• dred scott : african man who sued for his freedom, saying he had been illegally brought as a slave into a free state
• secede : when jackson sent the army to enforce the tariff, south carolina threatened to _ .
• cotton : key cash crop of the south
• sectionalism : concern for regional needs or interests; caused separation and hostility between the north and the south during the 1800s
• railroads : the north had lots, the west had some, the south had little
• west : characterized by small-scale farming (mostly food crops) and mining. many immigrants settled here because of the homestead act; didn't care about tariffs, but liked the internal improvements (roads, etc) the government paid for with tariff money
• north : short growing season; economy built on manufacturing; wanted tariffs; did not allow slavery
• nullification : the act of making a law null or void
• compromise : –an agreement in which both sides give up some demands
• states rights : rights held by the states rather than the federal government. based on the 10th amendment
• california : the compromise of 1850 was about which territory's petition for statehood