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Westward Expansion is the idea that the U.S. should expand from coast to coast. Adding new territories and citizens was a grand part of the idea. Westward Expansion was a slow process over many decades, with challenges occurring along the way. The expansion was an example of Nationalism because it benefited the nation by growing and expanding the population, land, and economy. All the state's territories and laws stayed the same throughout the expansion.
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This compromise was agreed upon at the Constitutional Convention. The northern states argued that the enslaved population should not count towards the population while the southern states argued that it should. The compromise stated that ⅗ of the enslaved population would count towards the total population but also will be considered property, therefore the owners will have to pay taxes. This compromise was sectionalism because the South and North both wanted laws that benefited their beliefs. -
The States Rights were brought up when the southern states thought that the federal government had too much power. They thought that they were robbing the states of their choices. Much of the economy of the South relied on slaves for free labor, without them they would have no source of income, and their economy would collapse. This argument was sectionalism because the only group that strongly cared about this issue was the southern states and population. -
The Underground Railroad was a strong network of free people wanting to help slaves live with freedom. Houses, modes of transportation, and support were key to its success. The railroad stretched from the South to the North and into Canada where slavery was illegal. This event was Sectionalism, the Northerners were helping slaves escape and the Southerners were furious that they were losing their property and labor.
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The MO Compromise arose when the U.S. had a problem with admitting MO. If MO was a slave state then they would have more reps. The solution was to admit ME as a free state to balance MO. LA Purchase was up for debate. The comp line, 36°30°N, states N of the line would be free and the states S of the line would have popular sovereignty. Meaning they could have slavery by choice. Compromise was Nationalism bc it benefited the whole nation by providing a line of slavery that all states agreed on. -
The compromise had 5 points. CA got admitted as a free state, Created a border between TX & the U.S., provided for a territorial government for UT & NM, abolished Slave Trade in D.C., & amended the Fugitive Slave Law. This Compromise was both nationalism & sectionalism. It was Nationalism because it added new territory & established a national border between the U.S. & TX. It was also sectionalism because the S wanted to amend the Fugitive Slave Law while the N wanted to abolish the Slave Trade -
The Fugitive Slave Law was a part of the Compromise of 1850. This law states that all slaves that have broken free are forced to be returned to their owner even if they are found in a free state. Anyone aware that a person is a slave is required to turn them in. This event is sectionalism because it only benefits the South. In a way, the Northerners are working for the people in the South by collecting their lost property. -
The Secession was a time when 11 slave states withdrew from the Union. The Southern states had previously threatened to perform this action to get their way with slaves but never had actually left the union. The southern states had agreed that the Northerners' beliefs in ending slavery were unacceptable. The event was an example of sectionalism because the southern states left the union breaking away just because of slavery. The southern states wanted out, and that's when the civil war arose. -
During the third year of the Civil War, The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in rebel states would be free. This act had a bigger psychological impact than a physical one. Technically, the slaves in those states were already free, due to the Confiscation Acts. This event was sectionalism because it was directed at one group of states, not the whole nation, the North was happy about it but the Southern states that were in a state of rebellion did not appreciate this.