1. Sectionalism

2. I. Sectionalism - loyalty to own region (not whole nation)
A. Missouri Compromise – 1820
proposed by Henry Clay
plan to balance free and slave states
Missouri became a slave state
Maine became a free state
no slavery north of 36º30’
When MI asked to become a slave state, Norhterners were alarmed. The votes in the Senate were equal and MI would mean the North would be outvoted.
Some Norherners felt that the South would make slavery legal in all of the states.
Solution – ME was crved from MA and made into a free state. This kept the balance.
During this time most European countries were getting rid of slavery and were starting to criticize the U.S.

3. B. Sections of the U.S. in 1824 North South West States: Economy:
(free/slave)
Vermont VT
New Hampshire NH
Massachusetts MA
Connecticut CT
Rhode Island RI
New York NY
New Jersey NJ
Pennsylvania PA
Delaware DE
Maryland MD
Virginia VA
North Carolina NC
South Carolina SC
Georgia GA
Alabama AL
Mississippi MS
Louisiana LA
Ohio OH
Indiana IN
Illinois IL
Kentucky KY
Tennessee TN
Missouri MO
Maine ME
Economy:
1. factories
2. merchants
3. sea traders
4. family farms
1. plantations (cotton, tobacco)
2. slave labor
3. no factories
4. family farms
1. family farms
2. food producers (grain)
3. some small factories

4. The American System
Written by Henry Clay of Kentucky to make U.S. stronger (during Madison’s Presidency)
tariff (tax on goods)
national bank
improve transportation systems (roads and canals)
Set up to make the country stronger

5. North
South
West
Wanted from US gov’t.:
protective tariff (so Americans buy Northern goods from factories)
roads and canals
no tariffs (want to buy cheap goods from Europe)
nullification (states ignore laws they dislike)
use tariff money to build roads and canals
connect West with the rest of the U.S.
Got from U.S. gov’t.:
tariff
roads and canals
threatened to use Army to force states to obey U.S. laws
National Road and Erie Canal