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Lesson 3 Unity and Sectionalism

National Unity

Cause and Effect Complete the chart to explain how these issues were resolved in the early 1800s.

Issue: Many Americans bought British goods because they were higher quality and had a lower price than goods made in the United States.

1. Resolution:

2. Issue: Resolution: The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri to the United States as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri.

Issue: Conflicts arose regarding states’ rights and the federal government.

3. Resolution:

4. Critical Thinking Explain why westward expansion created a clash between sectional interests in Missouri. 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhy does conflict develop?

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Foreign Affairs

Answering Questions As you read the section, answer the questions below.

1. Describing How much larger did the Louisiana Purchase make the United States?

2. Identifying What was the "Republic of West Florida”?

3. Explaining Why were white Southerners angry and frustrated about Spain holding most of Florida?

4. Defining What does Seminole mean, and who were the Seminoles?

5. Explaining Why did Secretary of War John C. Calhoun order U.S. troops into Florida?

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6. Identifying Under what treaty did Spain finally give up Florida to the United States?

7. Describing How did Spain lose power in its empire in the Americas?

8. Analyzing What was the Monroe Doctrine and why was it important?

9. Explaining What event led President Monroe to issue his warning statement?

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