Unit 8 Sectionalism

Slavery

• Student can explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing:

  • sectionalism

  • disagreement over states’ rights

  • the Civil War

• Student understands the:

  • impact of slavery on different sections of the U.S.

  • effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford (impact of landmark Supreme Court decision on life in the United States)

Sectionalism

• Student can explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism.

• Student understands the:

  • impact of tariff policies on sections of the U.S. before the Civil War

  • congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War

States’ Rights

• Student can explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing disagreement over states’ rights.

• Student understands the:

  • constitutional issues

  • Nullification Crisis

  • the Civil War

  • impact of tariff policies on sections of the U.S. before the Civil War

  • congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War

  • urbanization contributed to conflicts resulting from differences in religion, social class, and political beliefs