1. Nationalism Sectionalism
Sectionalism: loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
Nationalism
Nationalism: a form of patriotism based upon the identification of a group of individuals with a nation
Sectionalism

2. Based on our previous lesson, what was one factor causing sectionalism in the United States?
Pro-slavery supporters and anti-slavery supporters
Other areas included:
the growth of industry in the North and the development of an agricultural society in the South;
transportation improvements in the North and the West and lack of transportation improvements in the South.

3. Can sectionalism be a good thing? Explain.
Can sectionalism be a bad thing? Explain.
Thinking about the definition, what are some examples of sectionalism in our world today?
Loyalty to one’s country – America is the best
Loyalty to one’s state – Texans love Texas
Loyalty to one’s city – Fort Worth is better than Dallas
Loyalty to a political party - in recent presidential elections, the East coast tends to vote Democrat while the South tends to vote Republican

4. Missouri Compromise, 1820

5. Compromise of 1850

6. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

8. Dred Scott, 1857

9. John Brown

10. Southerners worried that Lincoln would not only try to end slavery in Southern states. They also were afraid that they would lose their voice in government. Because of these reasons, many Southerners believed that the South should secede, or break away from the Union.
On November 10, 1860, four days after the election, the legislature in South Carolina became the first of the Southern congresses to call for a convention to consider secession. Meeting in Charleston on December 20, the convention passed unanimously the first ordinance of secession, which stated,
We, the people of the State of South Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain... that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of 'the United States of America,' is hereby dissolved, making South Carolina a free and independent country.
In within weeks, eleven states would secede from the Union.

11. Election of 1860 What does secession mean?
Candidate
Party
Electoral Votes
Popular Votes
 Abraham Lincoln
Republican
180
1,866,452
 John C. Breckinridge
Democratic (South) 72
847,953
 John Bell
Constitutional Union 39
592,906
 Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic (North) 12
1,382,713
What does secession mean?
Why were Southerners upset about the election of Lincoln to the office of President?
Did Lincoln (as President) have the power to end slavery throughout the U.S.?

12. Order of Secession State Date of Secession
South Carolina
December 20, 1860
Mississippi
January 9, 1861
Florida
January 10, 1861
Alabama
January 11, 1861
Georgia
January 19, 1861
Louisiana
January 26, 1861
Texas
February 1, 1861
Virginia
April 17, 1861
Arkansas
May 6, 1861
North Carolina
May 20, 1861
Tennessee
June 8, 1861
Did South Carolina (or any state) have the right to declare themselves “a free and independent country?”
Why do you think Texas seceded on February 1, 1861?