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SECTIONALISM IN
ANTEBELLUM UNITED STATES
IN Route to Civil War
Key Terms
Sectionalism
loyalty to the
interests of one's
own region or
section of the
country, rather than
the nation as a
whole.
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Antebellum
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before or existing
before the Civil War
Difference: North and the South
Northern States
Southern States
Population
21.5 million
9 million
# of Factories
110,100
20,600
Miles of Railroads
21,700
9,000
Bank Deposits
$207 million
$47 million
Cotton Production
4 thousand bales
5 million bales
1. Missouri Compromise 1820 - 1821
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The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a
slave state and Maine as a free state, and
prohibited slavery in territory that later became
Kansas and Nebraska.
2. Compromise of 1850
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The compromise admitted California to the United
States as a “free” state but allowed other territories
to decide on slavery for themselves.
Also included the Fugitive Slave Act
Popular Sovereignty
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doctrine under which the status of slavery in the
territories was to be determined by the settlers
themselves.
Was a means of avoiding sectional conflict over the
slavery issue
Fugitive Slave Act
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Gave slave-owners legal right to pursue their
escaped slaves into “free states”.
Made it a federal offense to help free slaves or
house them
Northerners react by becoming more anti-slavery
3. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not
to allow slavery within their borders.
Repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which
prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
New Republican Party Rises
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Claimed to be decedents of the Democratic
Republicans (Thomas Jefferson)
Opposed the spread of slavery
Motto “Free soil, Free Labor, Free Men”
4. Dred Scott 1857
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Scott V. Sandford
Slaves were property
and could be taken
anywhere without threat
of being freed
African Americans were
not citizens
declared the Missouri
Compromise
unconstitutional
5. John Brown’s Raid 1859
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John Brown led a group to raid Harper’s Ferry, and
National Arsenal, and attempted to free slaves
Failed and was hung
Becomes known as a martyr to the North
6. Lincoln Elected President 1860
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1856 joined new Republican Party
Was not against slavery’s legality (although thought
it immoral
Believed US must become all free or all slave states
, “a house divided against itself can not stand”
Lincoln was not on ballot in 9 southern states!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_186
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7. Confederacy Formed
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South Carolina
secedes (leaves) the
Union
The Confederate
States of America
were formed in
February of 1861
Newspaper
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You will create a newspaper addressing the following
from either a Red or Blue perspective
Compromise of 1850
 Kansas-Nebraska Act
 Dred Scott Case
 Lincoln’s election
 John Brown’s Raid
 Formation of the Confederate States of America
 Slavery
 Farming events in the South(Invention of Cotton Gin)
 Industrial Events in the North (
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