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In America’s days as a growing nation, a common goal for the people was to push the frontier westward & to spread the population from coast to coast. This led to thousands of people yearning to make a name for themselves & move to the land full of resources. This exploration & expansion united people under one flag & everyone coordinated together for the betterment of the nation & the enlargement of the country as a form of nationalism.
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In the House the votes are distributed by population; this caused a dispute when the southern states were using their slaves to increase their reps in the House. The Northerners felt this was unjust. Finally in 1787, they both compromised in which ⅗ of the slaves were represented. This increased the tensions between the Southern & Northern states where they were no longer working together for the nations benefit, but competing for more power. -
The Southerners felt the government was too large & robbing the states of their freedoms, & powers. They felt the government was against slavery, & because the south was reliant on their enslaved peoples; the government was against their economy, & their peoples, so they wanted anything not on the bill of rights to be the state’s powers. This increased sectionalism because there was a rift between the South who felt they were taken advantage of, and only wanted things for their own benefit. -
The Missouri Compromise stated that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, Maine would be the free state added, & states north of the 36º 30ºN would be free while states south of the line would decide for themselves. The MS Compromise was a temporary solution to a gaping issue becoming more & more salient, the states still only acted for the better of themselves & did not act to benefit everyone, just themselves & their section, with the main reason being the sectionalism. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the deadliest slave-led rebellion in American history resulting in 55 deaths. This rebellion led to Southerners tightening laws encroaching on the slave's lives. This revolt led to sectionalism because the South tightened laws on the slaves and the free states saw this tightening as unlawful and against morals. The two sides didn't agree and were only making decisions by themselves instead of together. -
The U.S. had been moving west, but both sides disputed over California which intersected the 36º 30ºN line. A compromise was made that California was admitted as a free state, Utah & New Mexico had popular sovereignty, the Fugitive Slave Law was signed, & D.C. was to ban the slave trade,. This compromise boosted nationalism, because the two sides worked together to form a compromise, they tackled many issues facing the U.S., working together for the good of the nation. -
The Fugitive Slave Law was a part of the greater Compromise of 1850, where if a formerly enslaved person was in a free state, they would have to be returned to the south. This increased sectionalism, because the free states didn't want to return the enslaved peoples, and they were forced to, leading to them having more hatred and animosity for the South, and leading to a growing distance between the two technically united Sections. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act divided the land west of Missouri into two states. The decision was made that the two states would get to vote which outraged anti-slavery states, who in the Missouri Compromise, decided the northern states would be free states. In the vote, people flocked to Kansas to sway the vote, and it turned violent. This conflict pushed the nation to a breaking point, where states were fighting each other for more control and not working together at all leading to sectionalism. -
In 1860, 11 out of the 33 states seceded from the Union. This secession was the impetus to the Civil War, and was caused by a growing rift that had separated the Free States from the Slave States. This increased sectionalism, because the countries cared so little about working together, that they would form their own country so they could benefit themselves. This secession was one of the major reasons of the Civil War as the north wanted to re-unite the nation.