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Abolitionism focused on abolishing slavery. People believed that abolishing slavery would help the nation come together. People in this act were trying to make anti-slavery organizations but everything was super unorganized. This act went on until slavery ended. They couldn't get the South to agree because of their heavy use of slaves. This act promotes nationalism because it brings all the states together instead of them fighting over slaves.
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W.E. is a time period when the Americans were moving west to expand their land. There were many events that occurred during this time period. Some of these events promoted sectionalism while others promoted nationalism. Overall W.E. mainly caused sectionalism between the North and South due to the spread of the slaves when the Americans came in. Some states wanted slaves while others believed that slaves should be free. That could be related to the civil war due to wars with the natives.
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The 3/5 Compromise was reached among states during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It was found that three out of every five slaves were counted when finding out a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation. This caused sectionalism due to some of the white slave owners looking down on slaves. This relates to the war because of the states arguing over having slaves and not having slaves and how the slaves are being treated on a daily bases by their white owners. -
The Act of 1850 was written due to California being accepted as a free state in 1850. The act comprised a lot of bills used mainly on slaves and states that believe in slaves. The bills were also used for the acceptance of new states. The Compromise caused an imbalance with 15 slaves and 19 free states resulting in power that favored the North causing sectionalism. This relates to the Civil War because if the states are mad about slaves then they could fight which could eventually escalate. -
The States Rights 10th Amendment was like the 9th Amendment. It talked about the debates relating to the Bill of Rights and the New Constitution. It mainly states that all the power will not only be given to the Federal Government. This promotes Nationalism because it gives people more power instead of creating tyranny by giving it to the Federal Government. -
The Underground Railroad was a bunch of people coming together to help slaves escape. The Underground Railroad was not a railroad or underground. It was a bunch of Americans that came together to provide food and water to slaves to help them escape. People would leave out markers to help the leaves find their way. The underground promoted nationalism because it also helped the abolition act get stronger and help people realize that slaves should be free and not kept to do white people's work.
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This compromise is stated to equalize the free and slave states. As Missouri was admitted as a slave state they admitted Maine as a free state to balance it out. This compromise was signed by James Monroe. This mostly promotes Nationalism because it keeps the people quiet about one group of states having more power due to the number of states that are free or slave states. -
This law stated that if you are a slave you have to go back to your owner even if you were in a free state. This act said that all slave hunters were to gather all the African Americans and bring them back. They were not responsible for their injury and they threatened their lives. This act promoted sectionalism because it made the debate about slaves more intense. With all the slave states attacking the slaves it makes the free states more agitated causing things like the Civil War. -
The Dred Scott Decision stated that even if you live in a free state it did not entitle an enslaved person to their freedom. & that they could not sue in court. This brought up the decision that Congress could not exclude slaves from the territories & freedom. This caused sectionalism again relating to the slave states & the free states. With all these arguments between slave & free states, there will be more chance of having a war even if it's not the Civil War, later leading to the Civil War.