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What is the nickname for the Natchez Trace
The Devil's backbone
Name one issue that was caused by sectionalism
Slavery or Protective tarriffs
A tax placed on goods that are coming into the US from other countries.
Protective Tariff
First Capital of Mississippi?
Natchez
When did Mississippi become a state?
December 10 1817
I make fiery speeches about secession
what is a fire-eater?
What crop produced the Flush times
Cotton
When people have more allegiance to the region in which they live rather than the country as a whole, this is called
Sectionalism
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What was the significance of the Constitution of 1832?
It removed property requirements for office and made judges elected
Supreme court decided that Dred Scott was
still a slave
What caused the Mexican American War
Mexico refused to recognize Texas independence
Who was the president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase even though he did not have the constitutional authority to do so?
Thomas Jefferson
The economic expansion of the early 1830s in Mississippi was known as
Flush Times
What was the key difference between the Northwest Territory and the Mississippi Territory regarding their establishment?
Slavery
withdrawal of a state from the union
Secede
The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the entire continent is called.
Manifest Destiny
Adding territory to an existing governmental unit is called
Annexation
An abolitionist who was executed after he raided a federal arsenal in order to start an armed slave rebellion
John Brown
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, how was the issue of slavery to be decided in those territories?
Popular Vote
an Abolitionist is against
slavery
What free state was added when Missouri was admitted as a slave state?
Maine
Those who were opposed to the extension of slavery into the territories were called
Free soilers
Why did the North favor protective tariffs and the South oppose them?
North did not have to import items in
In the early 1800s, the intials “G.T.T.” were often found carved into southern doors or fence posts. What did these initials stand for?
Gone to texas