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WE was the process of America expanding from coast to coast and claiming as much land westward as possible over a span of 74 years. WE connects to nationalism because the whole nation of America was invested and interested in expanding as a whole as opposed to different states or regions. There were no different groups fighting over expansion and trying to best one another. The addition of new states during the WE increased the issue of slavery and tension between slave states and free states.
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The 3/5 Compromise addressed the issue of slaves counting in a population, and came to a conclusion that each slave should count as 3/5 of a person. Therefore 5 slaves would only count as 3 in the population number, which affected the seats a state would have in the house if representatives. This upset abolitionists greatly, because they believed this was morally wrong and everyone was a whole person. This connects to Nationalism because this compromise applied to the whole country. -
The Missouri Compromise was an act passed permitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state. This act also creates a compromise line where states north of the line are free states and states south of the line are slave states. This connects to sectionalism because it has to do with separate regions that aren't united, and are in fact against each others laws and principles. This lead up to the Civil War because it officially established separate regions as enemies. -
Nat Turners Rebellion was an uprising in the Southampton County lead by Nat Turner. It was a skirmish between the enslaved people and white slave owners. 55 white slave owners were killed, and in retalliation 55 slaves were executed. -
The Compromise of 1850 was an act permitting California as a non-slave state, giving Utah and New Mexico the decision to be slave/free states, creating a border with Texas and New Mexico. It also banished slave trade in Washington D.C. and altered the Fugitive Slave Act. This connects to sectionalism because the compromise establishes separate states and boundaries. This leads up to the Civil War because it declares different states as slave and non slave states increases tension with the U.S. -
The Fugitive Slave Law obligated law enforcement officials and citizens to provide assistance in the arrest of fugitive slaves. A jury trial is prohibited to slaves, and the fine and jail time for intervening with a slave kidnapping is now $1,000 and 6 months in jail. This connects to nationalism because this act applied to the entire nation, and the nation was united in a sense of disapproval of the act. This lead to the C.W. because the North deemed the act as unjust and the last straw. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act lead by Stephen A. Douglas, also known as "bleeding Kansas," gave the territories in Kansas and Nebraska the right to popular sovereignty. This meant the people in these territories decided whether to be a slave or free state. This act was disliked by other states as it betrayed the Missouri Compromise. This connects to sectionalism because this act only applied to certain states. This lead up to the Civil War because it produced even more conflict between the states. -
John Brown was a religious man, and believed that slavery was truly evil, which was why he dedicated his life to the eradication of slavery. He planned on achieving his goal by any means necessary and played a very significant role in the fight for freedom. He is best known for his raid on Harpers Ferry where him and others attacked the federal arsenal, however he was sadly captured and hung. This connects to sectionalism because John Brown was fighting specifically for the North in the CW. -
The 10th amendment was an amendment declaring the states rights. It says that the federal government only has powers delegated in the constitution, and if it isn’t listed it belongs to the states and people. This connects to nationalism because this amendment applies to the whole country and every state in the country. This could have lead up to the Civil War because it told the states the powers they have and possibly let them know that a Civil War was in their power.