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1 The Politics of Sectionalism
From Jefferson to Davis

2 Thomas Jefferson Jefferson Republican Party view:
sovereignty of the states Interpretive debate over the Constitution “strict constructionism”

3 Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
Federalist Party: believed necessary to protect national security. Republican Party: viewed as an infringement of constitutional rights and threat to political opposition. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798) Nullification crisis Where did sovereignty lie? Are we national or state citizens?

4 The Napoleonic Wars United States a Neutral Nation during the European Wars but still saw effects of the fighting At issue: Impressment Chesapeake Affair, 1807 1807 Embargo Act

5 The War Hawks Arrive- 1810 Henry Clay- Kentucky
John C. Calhoun- South Carolina Felix Grundy- Tennessee

6 Major Rivers, Roads, and Canals, 1825–1860

7 The Missouri Compromise, 1820–1821

8 Andrew Jackson Intense distrust of the Eastern “establishment”
His heart and soul was “with the plain folk” Believed that common men were capable of uncommon achievements Andrew Jackson’s presidency was instrumental in bringing politics into the center focus of many American lives. Promised a more democratic system of politics for the common man Key Principles: Majority Rule, Limited Power of the National Government, Aggressive Use of the Presidential Veto

9 Nullification Debates
John C. Calhoun (South Carolina) Vice President Senator Who decides if a law is constitutional? Jackson threatened to use force against SC when it tried to nullify the federal tariff. In response to John C. Calhoun’s theory of nullification nationalists advanced the idea of the perpetual union.

10 The Petticoat Affair

11 The Republic of Texas Mexico feared a hostile takeover by the United States to buy the territory To strengthen border areas the Mexican government offered land at reduced costs to Americans who would convert to Catholicism 1836- Texas Revolution

12 Major Battles of the Mexican-American War
The War’s Effects on Sectional Conflict The Wilmot Proviso The Election of 1848 The California Gold Rush

13 The Compromise of 1850

14 UNCLE TOM’S CABIN THEATER POSTER With its vivid word pictures of slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin translated well to the stage. Stowe herself was among the many who wrote dramatizations of the novel. Scenes of Eliza crossing the ice of the Ohio River with bloodhounds in pursuit and the evil Simon Legree whipping Uncle Tom outraged northern audiences and turned many against slavery. Southerners damned Mrs. Stowe as a “vile wretch in petticoats.”

15 Bleeding Kansas Key Terms: Popular Sovereignty and Free Soil

16 The Kansas-Nebraska Act,1854

17 The Election of 1860

18 Secession

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