Scaffolding Answer Sheet 7-10.pdf

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Scaffolding 7‐10: Growth and Division

Directions: Based on the documents and your knowledge of social studies, respond to the following questions.

1a. What was the ruling made in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison with regards to issuing a write on mandamus?

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1b. What power does this establish for the Supreme Court?

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2. According to Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee powers not delegated to the US by the constitution are reserved to who?

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3. According to McCulloch v. Maryland, what decision did the Supreme Court reach in regards to the constitutionality of the national bank?

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4. According to Gibbons v. Ogden, who has the power to regulate commerce?

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5. What purpose did the Monroe Doctrine serve with regard to European expansion?

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6a. According to the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the union as a FREE State?

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6b. According to the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the union as a SLAVE State?

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6c. According to the map and excerpt from the Missouri Compromise, how did the compromise address the future spread of slavery?

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7. Based in this chart, what was one way that control of the port of New Orleans affected the United States economy?

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8a. According to Joan Brodsky Schur, how did the cotton gin contribute to the growth of the United States economy?

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8b. According to Joan Brodsky Schur, what was one negative impact of the cotton gin on American society?

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9. According to Kerry C. Kelly, what was one government action that improved transportation?

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10. Based on the information on this map, state one benefit of roads, canals, and/or navigable rivers on the United States economy.

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11a. According to the third resolution, what is the duty of American women?

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11b. What two women were prominent in the Seneca Falls Convention?

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11c. What document does the Seneca Falls Declaration model?

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12a. Based on this document, what is one factor that contributed to the expansion of democracy prior to the Civil War?

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12b. Based on this document, what is one way in which democracy was still restricted?

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13a. According to Clement Eaton, who became involved in the democratic process during the Jacksonian Era?

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13b. According to Clement Eaton, what is one way campaigns changed starting in 1828?

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14. Based on this document, state one way that the Indian Removal Act of 1830 would affect many Native American Indians?

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15. Based on these graphs, state one relationship between cotton production and the growth of slavery between 1800 and 1860.

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16. According to this document, what was one hardship James L. Bradley experienced as a slave.

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17. According to Howard Zinn, what was one method used by abolitionists to achieve their goals?

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18. According to Wendy McElroy, what were two impacts of the abolitionist movement?

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19. According to Henry Clay, what was the purpose of the tariff?

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20a. According to this document, how would the United States benefit from control of Oregon?

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20b. According to Senator Benton, what feature of the Monroe Doctrine can be used to protect the United States national interest in the Oregon region?

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21. According to these document, what role did the Rio Grande play in the Mexican War?

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22. According to H. Wilbur Hoffman, what are two examples of how geography negatively affected the westward movement of settlers?

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23. Based on the map, state two methods used by the United States government to acquire new territory.

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24. Based on this passage, state one reason President Polk asked Congress to declare war on Mexico.

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25. According to this resolution, what was one reason the Massachusetts legislature opposed the Mexican War?

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26. According to this document, how did the Homestead Act encourage the settlement of the West?

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27. According to this document, what were two criticisms that Chief Washakie had against the white man and/or the federal government?

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28a. According to the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford what were slaves considered?

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28b. According to the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford did Congress have the right to regulate slavery in the territories?

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28c. What did this ruling do to the Missouri Compromise?

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29a. According to Lincoln, why could territorial residents NOT ban slavery through popular sovereignty?

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29b. Why does Stephen Douglas think popular sovereignty can effectively limit slavery?

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30a. Pick one event on the road to civil war and explain how it caused sectional differences and eventually war.

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30b. What event is directly related to the election of Lincoln in 1860?

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31. What was Lincoln’s purpose for fighting the Civil War?

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32a. According to Pollard, when did differences between the North and South begin?

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32b. What did he believe caused the differences between the people of the North and the South?

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33. According to this document, how did the Kansas‐Nebraska Act attempt to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories?

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34. Based on these documents, state two differences between the economies of the North and the South before the Civil War.

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35a. Based on this document what is one way these proposals favored the North?

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35b. Based on this document, what is one way these proposals favored the South?

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36. According to Batty and Parish, what was one reaction by South Carolina to the passage of federal tariffs?

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37. According to John B. Gordon, what controversy existed over the issue of sovereignty?

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38. Based on this map, why was Abraham Lincoln considered a sectional president?

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39. Based on this newspaper article, what was one goal that William Lloyd Garrison was trying to achieve?

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40. According to The Liberator, how did the public react to the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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