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    Sectionalism and the Breakup of the U.S      Throughout the early 1800's the country was split in many areas over many issues. Some of the more severe clashes between differing groups resulting from such issues as slavery, expansion, and internal improvement. With all of these controversial topics to worry about along with the vast diversity in the nation, caused separation and tensions throughout the country.      The most prominent of the

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    Did the Civil War End Sectionalism in the United States? What was the background of the civil war? What were the causes for the civil war? The background of the civil war would be something that is kind of hard to describe because of the way it’s set up. So let’s think about it. When the word civil war comes to mind what do you image? Some people may image people fighting, killing each other, people going to war period. But, wait what actually caused the civil war to start? The civil war were the

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    Sectionalism was ultimately the main cause of the civil war. Sectionalism is occurs when an individual identifies with a geographic section of the United States based on their culture, social, economical, and political interests of that section. Sectionalism eventually caused the division of the nation, and created parts of the nation, which were the Union and the Confederation. As the tensions progressed, the government strived to unite the divided nation by establishing different legislation to

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    Ezequiel Sanchez Coach Rainwater and Ms. Ephlin Social Lit October 4, 2016 Did the Civil War End Sectionalism in the United States? To assess the subjects that you have been given to research information on Civil War events. The subjects that you are asked to go over are slavery what it was during the time of the Civil war and what occurred throughout slavery at that time, The Amnesty Proclamation given by Abraham Lincoln stating his postwar, lastly the Siege of Vicksburg leading Militaries to destroy

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    The Antebellum period from 1800 to 1850 marked a time of sectionalism in American history. Furthermore, new territories gained during western expansion added to this conflict between different sections of America. Southern states wanted new slave territories, while the North wanted to contain the spread of slavery. While Western expansion contributed to growing sectional tensions between the North and South from 1800-1820, sectionalism intensified significantly from 1820-1850. Since the turn of

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    huge part in the sectionalism of the United States. Sectionalism is when an originally united nation begins to take opposing sides against each other and split up the once complete whole nation. When America expanded westward, there were many contributions, in addition to slavery, including: the Missouri Compromise, Manifest Destiny, and Tariff Abominations that caused sectionalism between the North and South to grow during 1800-1850. One huge contribution to the growing sectionalism between the North

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    wiped out at a national scale. This meant everyone was a Democratic-Republican as they are unable to elect a new president in 1816 and James Monroe wins the election unopposed. Nationalism was expanding throughout the country at a fast rate however sectionalism was also emerging in the country. Even though the government was under a one-party rule, there was conflict within the party as some people have adopted old Federalist views while others maintained their strict ideals. The “Era of Good Feelings”

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    and Sectionalism? During the course of American History, and especially after the War for Independence, Nationalism and Sectionalism contributed and interacted with each other to shape the development of the United States of America. These two ideologies are the inverse of one another. When sectionalism is strong, nationalism is weak. When Nationalism is strong, sectionalism is weak. While sectionalism and nationalism work off of each other, nationalism has always prevailed over sectionalism in history

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    The expansion and sectionalism throughout American history, the colonial resistance to the "proclamation line" had been one of unifying factors that had committed many English colonists to revolution and helped spread an emerging nationalism.  The exciting textbook American Nation, states that, "American independence and control of a wide and rich domain were the most obvious results of the Revolution."  The revolution provided access to vast western lands and for many years western expansion would

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    The period after the war of 1812 is typically known as “The Era of Good Feelings, however, this is also the time in which sectionalism become evident in the United States. The economic and political disunity along with geographical separation led to disagreement within the states. The issues within the United States economic system were brought to light and the discord within politics became evident. The separation of people geographically also led to the development of conflicting views of the government

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