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Westward Expansion reflects nationalism in the United States because it showed dedication toward benefiting the entire nation from land growth to economic growth. The idea of Westward Expansion was to expand toward the Western region of the Untied States. Motovation toward Westward Expansion was benifitng the economic, political and gaining new territory.
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The 3/5 Compromise was a solution to decide how slaves should be counted for Congress. The Compromise agreed that slaves will be counted as 3/5 of a person. This reflects sectionalism because it showed the contrast between the North and South over the issue of slavery. The South needed it for their economy but the North did not like it. The Compromise was another event that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. -
States Rights was an event where individual states wanted greater power than the federal government allowing them to make their own laws including slavery laws. Sectionalism played a big role in this because states wanted individual power instead of federal power. This concept had been a big issue in America leading up to the Civil War. -
Harriet Tubman's efforts with the Underground Railroad reflected sectionalism with a variety of ways. First, Tubman had contributed to the Underground Railroad which was beneficial toward slaves escaping. Secondly, the Underground Railroad was something that divided the North and South because of their issues with slavery. Lastly, it symbolized and highlighted the differences between the North being anti slavery and South being a big supporter of it. This all resulted in domestic war.
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an agreement between the North and South states of the United States that tried to keep a balance between free and slave states. The compromise allowed Missouri to enter the nation as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Missouri Compromise reflected sectionalism between the North and South, which was a big factor in starting the Civil War. The compromise showed the differences between the South and North over slavery which led to the Civil War. -
Fredrick Douglas's narrative was a paper trying to convince people that slavery should be abolished. This reflected sectionalism because it highlighted the big contrast between the North and South. Fredrick Douglas described how slavery was bad. This immediately got everyones attention and created domestic war. -
The Compromise of 1850 were laws passed by the U.S. Congress to highlight the issue of slavery and its growth into new territories. It let California be admitted into the nation as a free state and helped make a stronger Fugitive Slave Act. The Compromise briefly reduced tensions with North and South. The compromise failed to resolve the issue of slavery and helped contribute to sectionalism in the 2 regions. The compromise showed 2 different opinions regarding slavery and resulted in Civil War. -
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made citizens help return all slaves that escaped no matter their beliefs or laws of their states. The law showed sectionalism due to people living in the North were unhappy about the law because it "violated their states rights". While the folks living down South were happy about the law because they thought it was necessary to protect their property. The law eventually made tensions higher between the two regions and contributed to the start of the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln introduced something called Emancipation Proclamation which had stated that all slaves are free. The statement ovibiously supported the North and their wishes but the South was not pleased because they had just lost all of their slaves. Although this is reflecting nationalism because Lincoln intended to make the nation stronger by having a free country. This resulted in the country we have today, peaceful and free.