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Westward expansion was many settlers and freed slaves moving west for things like religious freedom and natural resources. This connects to nationalism because this expanded America's supply of national resources and land.
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3/5 Compromise determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. This promotes sectionalism because it increased the political power of slaveholding states by increasing their number of representatives. -
This amendment makes clear that any powers that are not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to those respective states, or to the people at large. This promotes sectionalism because in this amendment it gives power to the states to decide on decisions not made by the nation. -
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory. This promotes sectionalism because it is quite literally splitting the nation in half. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion stands as an example of slavery, as well as the resistance held by slaves. Nat Turner's Rebellion was an act of rebellion. It supported sectionalism because the southern states are going to view this as rebellion while the northern states are going to view this as a natural reaction. -
The bills provided for slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states, prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia, settled a Texas boundary dispute, and established a fugitive slave act. This connects to sectionalism because the states now choose themselves if they are a slave state, not the nation. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced popular sovereignty as a means of deciding the issue of slavery in the territories. It led to violent conflicts in Kansas. And set the stage for the more significant conflicts. This promotes sectionalism because it led to violence and tore the nation over slavery. -
The primary cause of secession was the contentious issue of slavery. Disputes over the expansion of slavery into new territories, the balance of power between free and slave states deeply divided the nation. Southern states, fearing that the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 would lead to increased restrictions on slavery, saw secession as a means to protect their economic and social system. This connects to sectionalism because the nation literally divided itself over slavery. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The proclamation declared that all slaves held in Confederate territory were to be set free. While it did not immediately abolish slavery in the United States, it had several significant impacts. This connects to sectionalism because the south will rebel against the north because they will feel that it should be their decision whether to have slaves.