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This was the growth of the United States that saw it claim land all the way to the Pacific Coast from the original settlements on the Atlantic. During this time the U.S. bought, conquered, annexed, and signed treaties over land that tripled its original size. W.E. created sectionalism because it made geographic regions that were different in environment, economy, and political views, creating the sectionalist ideas that would cause the Civil War.
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This was the compromise between the North and South that agreed that ⅗ of enslaved people would count towards taxation of their owners and the population of their states. Southerners wanted their enslaved people to count towards House reps but Northerners argued that enslaved people were considered property so they should count towards taxation of their owners. The compromise increased nationalism because it temporarily repaired the divide between the North and South and delayed the Civil War. -
This was the final amendment in the Bill of Rights. It delegated any powers not given to the federal government or forbidden to the states to the states, because Anti-Federalists believed that the states should have more power in the Constitution. It increased sectionalism because it allowed states to be separate from the federal government and have their own systems based on their economies and geographic regions, literally creating the idea of sectionalism and paving the way for the Civil War. -
This was the compromise between the North and South that agreed that Missouri would be added as a slave state, but Maine would become a free state. It also stated that all future states north of the 36˚ 30’ N line would be free and those south of the line would have popular sovereignty, the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery. This increased nationalism because it created a reasonable balance of slavery and sidelined the issue for the time being, delaying the Civil War. -
Frederick Douglass was important to the abolitionist movement. He was born enslaved in 1818, but in 1838 escaped to the North. Douglass became well-known for his writing, after publishing his first autobiography in 1845. His writing shed light on the life of an enslaved person and caused more people to advocate for the end of slavery. Douglass inspired sectionalism because he strengthened the push for abolition, upsetting the South, and drove the North and South further towards the Civil War. -
This was the compromise between the North and South that agreed that California would become a free state and that the slave trade would be stopped in the capital. It also established the New Mexico and Utah territories with popular sovereignty, defined the boundaries of Texas, and passed the Fugitive Slave Law. This increased nationalism because it once again repaired the divide between North and South and created agreements that would hold off the Civil War for a few more years. -
This was the piece of legislation that gave settlers in the Kansas and Nebraska territories the right to decide their status on slavery by voting. Since the regions were above the Missouri Compromise line, part of the M.C. had to be repealed. This upset Northerners and sparked bloodshed in Kansas when pro-slavery settlers from Missouri came to vote. This increased sectionalism because it got rid of the peace created by the Missouri Compromise and it was early bloodshed leading to the Civil War. -
This was an attack on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It was led by the abolitionist John Brown, who wanted enslaved people to rebel and join his cause so they could fight the South. The raid failed when the Army stopped the attackers. There were no rebellions of the enslaved. This increased sectionalism because it made the South feel threatened when Northerners either acclaimed or didn't condemn it. The feeling of threat to slavery caused the South to secede, then the Civil War. -
This was Abraham Lincoln's order that freed all enslaved people in the Confederacy. It gave the military the right to use force to liberate people who were not released. It used the right of the government to seize property and the idea of people as property to seize enslaved people, bring them to the North, and liberate them. This increased sectionalism because the Civil War was not over yet and the E.P. showed the southern states they would certainly lose slavery if they stopped fighting.