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Abolitionism was the movement to abolish slavery, and both black and white abolitionists were popular. It started because of the detest of slavery due to many reasons, largest being its immorality. Abolitionism fizzled out after the 13th amendment, which outlawed slavery altogether in the U.S., and not just the Confederacy like the Civil War. This contributes to sectionalism, as abolitionists want to push their agenda, not trying to compromise, and provide further division, leading to the C.W.
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Westward Expansion was a boost in expanding west, because of many reasons. W.E also led to a divided nation through many states being added to Union, due to expansion west. For example, U.S was very scared of Texas being admitted because it would offset balance of free/slave states, dividing the nation, as previous compromises were made, admitting a free state for each slave state, and vice versa, This leads up to the Civil War because it increases tensions of power between free and slave states
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The ⅗ Compromise was made between delegates for North and South states on how Southern states wanted slave populations to count towards how many reps they got in the House, which would let them have more power. The North had much less slaves, because their industry didn't revolve around them. The compromise stated that ⅗ of their population of slaves would count towards both House reps and to property tax. This shows nationalism because it fixed their problem, because both sides won in a way -
States' Rights was the tenth amendment, which states that the rules and laws not stated in the constitution would be left for the states to decide for themselves through popular sovereignty. This sounds all well and good, letting the states have more power, which it partially was, however, this also contributes to sectionalism, as because they can decide for themselves, that makes them more divided on views because any state could allow or reject any idea, which lead to arguments among states. -
The Missouri Compromise was a way for the North and South to be happy in Congress. Free and slave states were both balanced, however Missouri would enter as slave state. The MO compromise made it for every slave or free state would be admitted, another of the different type would be admitted as well, to balance it out. Also, all states below 36º 30º line would be slave states. This contributed towards nationalism because it let both sections be balanced so everyone's happy, with no bias. -
The Compromise of 1850 was four acts, such as slavery having being determined by popular sovereignty for newly admitted states, prohibiting slave trade in the District Of Columbia, giving 10 million dollars to Texas to settle a border dispute, and enacting a more rigid fugitive slave act. I think these series of acts contribute to nationalism because some help the North, such as prohibiting slave trade in the D.O.R, and some help South like the Fugitive Slave Act. -
The Fugitive Slave Law was part of the Compromise of 1850 and it made it so slaves had to be given back to owners, even in non-slave states. It also makes the government have to manage locating, giving back, and putting slaves up for trial. This spread sectionalism because the North didn't like it, as they thought it was an attack on slaves as people, and thought it was immoral, and the South liked the law because it got them back their slaves which may have tried escaping them. -
Secession was the leaving of 11 slave states, from the Union, which was the reason for the civil war. It happened because they were upset with how the Government was ruling and they thought it felt unfair towards them. Secession was very clearly the event that contributed the most to sectionalism, as it quite literally broke the United States into sections, the Confederacy, comprised of the states that broke off, and the Union, those who states with the U.S. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was made to quell the war, and to strive for better equality. It stated that all people held as slaves were to be set free. However, this rule only appertains to slaves in the Confederacy, not the Union. This contributes to both sectionalism and nationalism for me. it's sectionalism because it shows a double standard, and this rule only pertains to the Confederacy, but also contributes heavily to nationalism because it ends the Civil War that split the nation.