1. Sectionalism
Why can’t we be friends?

2. What is SECTIONALISM?
The idea that America was dividing into three sections because of their differences
Three sections:
North, South, West
These differences were:
Economic
Political
Social

3. Economic Differences North: Industrial Large Cities
More railroads and other forms of transportation
Less slavery than the South
South:
Agrarian
Towns and small cities
Economy based on agriculture and slavery (cash crops)

4. Factory System vs. Plantation Slavery
Both are focused on making $$$
Both have a central supervisor
Plantation: Overseer
Factory: Floor Boss
Both treat their workers poorly
Both have workers complete one task many times

5. The Missouri Compromise
Missouri, a new state in the Louisiana Territory, wanted to be part of the United States
If Missouri became a slave state, there would have been more slave states than free states
If that happened, slave states would have more representatives than free states (and more power)
Solution:
Missouri = slave state
Maine = free state
No more slavery above the 36’30 line

6. Big Questions Moving Forward
When we add a new state to the United States, will it be free or slave?