1. You will be able to define sectionalism and explain its causes.
OBJECTIVE
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You will be able to define sectionalism and explain its causes.
Even though Americans were aware of the brutality of slavery, why do you think people allowed it to continue? Explain in at least 3 sentences.

2. Does slavery still exist?
Why do people allow terrible things to happen?
Slavery is not entirely something of our past—today, forced labor still happens in countries around the world.
As we watch the following video on sweatshops and forced labor, think about the question:
Why do we allow these things to continue?
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3. What is “Sectionalism”?
Definition: having more loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of the country than to the nation as a whole
What were the interests of the North?
What were the interests of the South?
 Getting rid of slavery and preventing its spread to the west
Keeping slavery alive and allowing it to spread to the west

4. Think-Pair-Share
Turn to a partner and define the word “sectionalism” in your own words.

5. What TWO things did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 do?
The Northwest Ordinance created a process for how territories in the west could become states
It also banned slavery north of the Ohio River
The Ohio River

6. Name the New Western States:
North of Ohio River (Free)
1) Vermont
2) Ohio
3) Indiana
4) Illinois
South of Ohio River (slave)
1) Kentucky
2) Tennessee
3) Louisiana
4) Mississippi
5) Alabama

7. Slave States and Free States
By 1819, there were exactly 11 slave states and 11 free states
Congress had an understood agreement that the U.S. should have an equal number of slave and free states.

8. Think-Pair-Share
Why do you think it was important for the number of slave and free states to remain equal?

9. Missouri was mostly, but not entirely, north of the Ohio River.
Why was the entry of Missouri as a new state such an important decision?
Missouri was mostly, but not entirely, north of the Ohio River.
If Missouri was allowed to enter as a slave state, it would allow for slavery to spread across the western territories
The Ohio River

10. The Tallmadge Amendment
Representative Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment which would allow Missouri to become part of the United States, but only if it entered as a free state.

11. If Missouri entered as a free state, how would this affect Southern states?
Southern states were outraged at the Tallmadge amendment, because they knew that this would create an unequal number of slave and free states in the U.S.
This would give free states a majority of votes in the House and Senate!

12. What happened to the Tallmadge Amendment when it was presented to Congress?
The House of Representatives approved the Tallmadge Amendment because the north had more representatives than the South.
The Senate was able to defeat the amendment, however, because the South had an equal number of votes as the North.