Sectionalism
Background.In nation politics, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one's own religion or section of the county rather than to be the country as a whole. Sectionalism in America developed in the 1800s. The loyalty of the people was divided into the North, South, and West. These people had different social structures, lifestyles, political values, and customs. Sectionalism was applied in America in 1800-1850. The southern people focussed more on growing their agriculture and by doing that they used slaves. However, the north focussed more on the economy and building more factories. In the south, the slaves would pick cotton, clean it, and send it the north where it would then be turned into textiles or cloth. But the northern people didn't like the idea of slavery. Slavery is considered to be the main conflict between the north and the south. The north thought that slavery was wrong and that it should be abolished but the southern people didn't want to get rid of slavery all together.
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What caused Sectionalism?Something that caused Sectionalism in the United States was the economic differences between the North and the South. The division of the two caused Sectionalism because they both had very different lives in ways of their political values and lifestyles. The south believed that white people were put on this earth to rule others this is why they so strongly believed in Slavery but the North didn't like it. In fact, they wanted to get rid of it all together.
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