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Westward Expansion was a period of time in which the settlers from the United States traveled westward to explore and colonize in the west. This expansion was fulled by the idea of Manifest Destiny which was a belief that the United States is destined by god to expand into the west and spread democracy and capitalism throughout North America. Westward Expansion connects to nationalism because it was something that benefited and grew the nation as a whole which helped to prevent the civil war.
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3/5 Compromise was agreed on by the delegates of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It said 3/5 of slaves would be counted towards the state's total population for tax and reps. The deal was made because Southern states wanted slaves counted as part of their population to get more reps in congress, but Northern states wanted slaves to be counted for taxation and this is an example of sectionalism. The 3/5 Compromise led to the Civil War because it created disputes between the North & South. -
10th Amendment (States Rights) states any right or power not included in the Constitution that doesn't belong to the federal government belongs to the individual states or the American people. It made South states very happy. This is an example of sectionalism because it specifically benefits southern states by giving them the right to own slaves since it's not written in the constitution they can't. It led to the Civil War by giving the South ideas about abolishing laws they didn't support. -
The Under Ground Railroad was a network of people, places, and routes that was used during the time of slavery from 1810 to 1850. These important routes helped enslaved people from the American South escape to the North so that they could become free.The Under Ground Railroad supports sectionalism because it divided the nation by making the South of the U.S very provoked and angry with the government and it was an immediate assisting cause of the Civil War.
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The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri into the United States as a slave state & Maine as a non-slave state. It also created a line that went through the middle of the nation (36º 30ºN). The states north of the line would be considered free, & the states south of the line would have popular sovereignty. This compromise connects to sectionalism because it tried to preserve the sectional balance between both the north & south of the U.S. It led to the civil war by dividing the North & South. -
The Compromise of 1850 had 5 parts. It admitted California as a free state, it let Utah and New Mexico decide if they wanted to be slave states or free, defined a new Texas and Mexico boundary, D.C banned slave trade, and the fugitive slave law was passed. The Compromise of 1850 caused a big unbalance between slave and free states and this resulted in more political and economic power going to the north, causing sectionalism and leading to the Civil War. -
The Fugitive Slave Law was an act passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. It stated that all slaves have to be returned to their owners, even if they had escaped and were in a free part of the north. This law also required for the federal government to find, try, and return slaves back to there owners. The Fugitive Slave Law reinforced sectionalism by increasing heated debates about slavery and these big arguments led the U.S to the Civil War. -
The Secession, in United States history, was the departure of 11 slave states from the Union. These states included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The Secession of 1860 is an example of sectionalism because 11 states separated from the Union for their own benefits and formed the Confederate States of America. This division brought the U.S to the Civil War by splitting it completely into two parts. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was an act passed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The proclamation stated that "all persons held as slaves" within the states seceded from the U.S "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation proclamation led to the Civil War and supported sectionalism because it only got rid of slavery in the states that had seceded from the union while the border states of the U.S that were loyal still had slavery.