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Sectionalism. Dividing America. Sectionalism. Primary loyalty to a state instead on the nation Three Distinct Regions North (Massachusetts, New York) South (Virginia, South Carolina) West (Tennessee, Kentucky). The South. Rural Largest city was New Orleans Agrarian cotton tobacco
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Sectionalism Dividing America
Sectionalism • Primary loyalty to a state instead on the nation • Three Distinct Regions • North (Massachusetts, New York) • South (Virginia, South Carolina) • West (Tennessee, Kentucky)
The South • Rural • Largest city was New Orleans • Agrarian • cotton • tobacco • sugar • corn • Least educated region • Least industry
Southern Society Antebellum Southern Society- rigid class structure • Planters • Most wealth and power • 5% of population • Owned 90% of slaves • Small White farmers • 80% owned no slaves • Landless whites • Couldn’t afford slaves • Free African Americans • ½ million in 1860 • Slaves • Six million in 1860
The South • Increasingly dominated by cotton • Due to the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney • Most cotton grown in the lower south • Leader of the South was John C. Calhoun • From South Carolina • Leading spokesman for slavery & states rights
The North • Most populous • Most industrial • Richest region • factories • banks • merchants • Most education • most colleges • states required public education • Largest cities • New York City • Philadelphia • Boston
Northern Class Structure • Northern Class Structure • Factory Owners/Bankers/Merchants • Workers/small farmers • Unemployed • Leader of the North was Sen. Daniel Webster • From Massachusetts • Champion of Nationalism
The West • Most democratic region • No property requirement to vote • Jacksonian Democracy • Most egalitarian region • everyone is equal • No class system • Small scale slavery • Owner usually worked with their slaves
The West • Two leaders • Henry Clay of Kentucky • Andrew Jackson of Tennessee • both nationalists • Despised each other
The West • West was seen as the land of opportunity for the “Common Man” • Agrarian but industry in western cities • Few plantations • Yeoman farmers • Move further west to start over if you fail