U.S. Sectionalism

Missouri Compromise

1820

In the Missouri Compromise, the main issue was whether new states would be admitted as free or slave states. In the Missouri Compromise, the North and South were impacted differently because it affected the balance of power in Congress. The Missouri Compromise increased tensions by making slavery a national political issue.

Nullification Crisis

1832

southern states resistance to imposed, protective tariffs on foreign goods to guard emerging industries. it affected many Southern planters who depended on foreign trade for their livelihoods. The Nullification Crisis illustrated a clash between those who believed in free trade and those who believed in protective tariffs to encourage the nation’s economic growth.

The Compormise of 1850

1850

trying to keep the free and slave state balance equal because they added Texas and California. The north and the south because of how they have to keep the balance. By adding to the issue of having to be balanced.

Fugitive Slave Act

1850

That slaves must be sent back to there owners even if in a free state. this impacted the north because the north thought since there a free state that they would be free but now they weren't and the north was punished if they had a slave hiding or saw the slave, they were also giving money if they turned the slave in. this made it so the abolitionists were more split from the north.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

1852

Uncle tom's cabin was so important because now the north knows what's happening in the south like how there getting treated and same with other countries they saw how bad slavery was. the north, south, and other countries were affected. the north wanted to get rid of it even more same with other countries. and the south was now viewed as these horrible people.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

The main conflict is it was in favor of popular sovereignty, or the idea that the settlers of the new territories should decide if slavery would be legal there. The north did not like this the south did because it allowed them to get territory they never would have gotten with the Missouri compromise line. this made it so that if you were in the state you could vote so some think this way and others think another way.

Bleeding Kansas And The Pottawatomie Massacre

1856

The killings at Pottawatomie Creek marked the beginning of the bloodletting of the “Bleeding Kansas” period, as both sides of the slavery issue embarked on a campaign of terror, intimidation, and armed conflict that lasted for awhile. It affected white northerners and white southerners. Because both southerns and northerners disagreed which lead to them fighting which shows division because of sectionalism.

Dred Scott Decision

1857

the main issue is that the supreme court denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. that a slave Dred Scott who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States. Increased sectionalism by, convincing many Northerners that the South was determined to preserve and extend slavery

John Brown's Raid And Trail

1859

The main issue is many Northerners condemned Brown's actions but thought him right in his conviction that slavery had to end. Southern planters were affected by John Brown's Raid that abolitionists would stop at nothing to eradicate slavery. This increased sectionalism many Southerners viewed the raid as a larger Northern scheme to directly attack the South, leading to increased sectional distrust and accelerating the approach of secession in 1861.

The Election Of Abraham Lincoln

1860

The main issue with Abraham Lincolns Election is, That he is a abolitionist so he wanted to make slavery illegal. The south was impacted because they are gonna lose there way of life because Abraham Lincoln is gonna make it illegal. This add more sectionalism because now the president like the head person is an abolitionist so the south are hating the north even more.