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Abolitionism is the movement to end slavery. This led to sectionalism. This is because the Northerners and Southerners had different views on slavery. The Southerners wanted slavery to continue because of its impact on their economy and agriculture. Northerners did not accept slavery. They used situations such as the Underground Railroad to help prevent slavery. The country was not united because of the broad spectrum of views on slavery.
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Westward Expansion was formed through a vision through the settlers known as Manifest Destiny, the idea to expand from the Atlantic to Pacific Coast. This led to sectionalism throughout the country. This is because as new territories were added, citizens were worried that the balance of power between slave and free states would be interrupted. This resulted in two very different opinions; to admit these new slates as free or with slaves.
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The 3/5 Compromise explained that 3/5ths of the enslaved population would count towards both population and taxation. This led to nationalism throughout the country. This is because states in the South wanted their enslaved population to count towards their overall population. This is so that they would have more representation in the House Northern states, however, had smaller slave populations which led them to want enslaved people to not count as a population. To compromise, 3/5ths was made. -
States Rights (Amendment 10) led to many people from the South feeling as if the national GVT was too powerful. They believed that the GVT was taking the state's power of sovereignty away. This led to sectionalism. This is because as the states believed this, they used more cash crops, leading to more slaves. The North didn't believe in slavery; resulting in two completely different political opinions from the states. -
The Underground Railroad was a group of people who worked together to help runaway slaves escape from states which allowed slavery. This led to thousands of enslaved people being free. This led to sectionalism. This is because while Northerners and people who wanted to abolish slavery decided to help the slaves, the Southerners wanted them to stay as slaves for their plantations and agriculture. Northerners and Southerners both had very different opinions on slavery.
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The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to join as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Also, the GVT decided that states north of the compromise line (36˚, 30˚N) in the land of the Louisiana Purchase would be free and south of the line would have popular sovereignty. This led to sectionalism. This is because as states joined with different ideas, the country became less of a union, having states with two completely opposite political views. -
The Compromise let CA join; UT and NM were able to vote on slavery. The fugitive slave law was passed. D.C. stopped the slave trade. TX made a border w/ NM and got $10M. This led to sec. b/c as many new slave laws were made, N/S states had diff. views, splitting up the country. This grew slavery w/ popular sovereignty, no moral/economic, no lasting solution, unfair balance, and fugitive slave law. FSL separated opinions and fueled abolitionists. Northerners opposed slavery's growth and the FSL. -
The Fugitive Slave Law required states to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. This was passed in the Compromise of 1850. This led to sectionalism because Northerners and Southerners were working against each other. Southerners wanted slaves to be caught and to be returned to them, but on the other hand, Northerners wanted slaves to be free. They helped the former slaves in hiding to make sure they were not returned to slavery, working against the Southerners. -
The K/N Act let residents of the territories vote if they want slavery or not with popular sovereignty, leading to sectionalism. Sec. is conflict among geographic sections of the nation. Nationalism is national unity w/ pride/interest in a country. Sec. b/c pro-slave residents rushed to mostly KS to try to sway the votes to make KS a slave state. This led to a battle where anti-slave & pro-slave residents started fighting & killing one another. This polarized opinions and fueled abolitionists.