SECTIONALISM IN ANTEBELLUM UNITED STATES IN Route to Civil War

Key Terms  loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than the nation as a whole.  before or existing before the Civil War SectionalismAntebellum

Difference: North and the South Northern StatesSouthern States Population21.5 million9 million # of Factories110,10020,600 Miles of Railroads21,7009,000 Bank Deposits$207 million$47 million Cotton Production4 thousand bales5 million bales

1. Missouri Compromise  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  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 ActFugitive Slave Act

Popular Sovereignty  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  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  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  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  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  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  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! 

7. Confederacy Formed  South Carolina secedes (leaves) the Union  The Confederate States of America were formed in February of 1861

Newspaper  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 (