1. Nationalism and Sectionalism
A Nation Divided

2. Starter – October 20th
Explain the Monroe Doctrine and the American System.

3. Nationalism Extreme pride in one’s nation
Placing the interest of your nation over that of your region or “section”

4. Nationalism Reflected in art, literature, language
Noah Webster’s DICTIONARY: gave people a sense of identity, broke free from British influence
Painted beautiful landscape scenes of US
No longer tied to a British influence

5. Sectionalism Pride in your region or “section” of the country
Placing the interest of your region over that of the country at large

6. Division of US: South v. North, Cultural and Economic Differences
Agriculture
“King Cotton”
Rural
Plantations
Few roads, or transportation systems
No industry
Warm weather, long growing seasons made it good for farming
NORTH
Urban life
Factories
Mills
Roads and transportation good
Land was not good for agriculture, rocky
Climate: short growing season, cold weather

7. BINGO Spoils system Tariff of Abominations Nullification Joseph Smith
National Road
Eli Whitney
Henry Clay
Cotton gin
Nativism
American System
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
McCulloch v. Maryland
Andrew Jackson
Nationalism
Hudson River School of Artists
Spoils system
Tariff of Abominations
Nullification
Joseph Smith
Mormons
Utopia
Horace Mann
Dorothea Dix
Nat Turner
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls Convention
Sojourner Truth