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United States History B

Final Exam Review Sheet
Expansion and Sectionalism
Define Sectionalism____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Define Manifest Destiny:______________________________________________________________________________________________
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List three driving forces behind
expansion

Describe the process of how they became a state:

Texas

California

How did the invention

of the cotton gin lead
to the expansion of
slavery?
Who created the Compromise of 1850 and why?

Describe the compromise:

How was the compromise passed?

Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

Define Popular Sovereignty:

What were the results of the act?

The Civil War and Reconstruction

What was an immediate cause of southern secession?

How did the southern states justify secession?

How did Lincoln expand the powers of the president?

Describe the Dred Scott case:

What was the impact of the decision?

Identify the
Emancipation
Proclamation?

How did Lincoln

justify his decision?

What was the most

significant effect of the
Emancipation
Proclamation?
Reconstruction

List and explain the

Differences between
Lincolns plan for
Reconstruction and
Congressional
Reconstruction

How did life change

for free African
Americans? Both
Positive and Negative

1.

2.

Define

13th, 14th, and 15th

Amendments

Define: Compromise of
1877