Bellwork Define sectionalism. What made the different sections of the US feel animosity with each other? What were the major sections of the US before the Civil War?

Wednesday, September 20 Bell Ringer Define sectionalism. What made the different sections of the US feel animosity with each other? What were the major sections of the US before the Civil War? Agenda Bell Ringer Notes Pictionary Work Time/ Check in

Sectionalism USH-2.3 and 2.4

I. The North Geographically, it had safe harbors and fast flowing rivers Settled by Puritans and other religious peoples Developed industry b/c of money made from shipping could be invested Attracted immigrants Germans Irish Worked in the factories

I. The North Reformers called for public education Helped immigrants to assimilate The construction of the Erie Canal helped connect the Northeast and the Northwest Northerners agreed w/protective tariff b/c it protected their factories

I. North

I. The North

CFU How did the North make $? Who lived there? How was education used? What connected the Northeast and Northwest? Why did the North like the tariff? Industry and shipping Puritans, then immigrants Help immigrants assimilate Erie Canal Protected their factories

II. South Geographically, lots of fertile land to grow cash crops South invested in slaves and agriculture Did not have immigrants b/c of slave labor Most owned NO slaves Did not provide public education It was illegal teach blacks, free or slave, to read

II. South Thought the National Bank gave too much power to the North Thought state banks would offer cheaper loans Opposed the tariff using nullification Supported cheap western land as they moved west with slaves Opposed internal improvements and Henry Clay’s American System

II. South

CFU How did the South make $? Why so few immigrants? How many slaves did most people own? How did the South fight against the tariff? Why did the South want cheap western land? Agriculture and slavery Slaves did the work Zero Nullification Move with their slaves

III. West Geographically, fertile land and mineral deposits Mostly agricultural, growing what crops were best suited North influenced by free states South influenced by slave states

III. West Thought the National Bank gave too much power to the North Thought state banks would offer cheaper loans Followed Henry Clay’s American System Accepted the tariff in exchange for Northern support for internal improvements and cheap land

III. West

III. West

III. West

III. West

CFU How did the West make $? Why did the West want smaller banks? What did Henry Clay create? What was the American System? Farming Better loans, too much power to North The American System West accepts the tariff and gets improvements and cheap land

IV. African Americans AAs lived in every section of the country North free most after Declaration of Independence Prohibited by the Northwest Ordinance Not the same rights as whites Disenfranchised by same law that gave every white man suffrage Segregation was practiced

IV. African Americans In the South most were slaves Conditions depended on place and master Southern freedmen lived in cities as artisans Better job opportunities than northern blacks No civil or political rights

CFU What section had AAs? When were most blacks freed in the North? What kind of rights did AAs have in the North? Most southern blacks were… What did southern freedmen have more of than northern freedmen? All sections After signing Declaration of Independence Not the same, no voting rights, segregation slaves. Economic opportunities

V. Abolition Abolitionist movement began w/Quakers Everyone, evens slaves, have an inner light Both white and black William Lloyd Garrison, Grimke sisters, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe Different protests from newspapers, rallies, conventions, books, helping slaves escape

V. Abolition

V. Abolition Others were more violent Nat Turner, John Brown Led slave owners to justify slavery as a positive good “Slaves are too dumb to care for themselves so we help them out.” Most Northerners were NOT abolitionists

CFU What Americans began abolitionism and why? What were some of the ways abolitionists protested? What is “positive good”? The Quakers b/c “everyone has an inner light” Rallies, books, meetings, newspapers, helping slaves escape, etc. Caring for slaves b/c they are not able to do so for themselves

VI. Women’s Rights Very active in the North Tied to the abolitionist movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 Called for women’s rights b/c they were not allowed to participate in an abolitionist convention

VI. Women’s Rights Many issues: Access to education Right to own property Right to obtain a divorce Was not successful before the Civil War

CFU What was most active in the North? What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? What were the main issues of the movement? When did the movement become successful? Women’s rights To address women’s rights b/c they weren’t allowed to speak at abolition conventions Education, property ownership, divorce After the Civil War