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The Missouri Compromise
Balanced the power in congress between slavery states and free states. This was a compromise of what states are free and which are not. This lead up to sectionalism because they're dividing the states between slavery states and free states. This was a bad idea because the slave states might want to expand and the free states might want everyone to be free -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest destiny was the American government wanting to expand through the Pacific Ocean. This led to sectional tension because some states were considered slave states while others were considered free states. -
Annexation of Texas and California
Texas was taken by America and California was bought. Both coming from Mexico. This would lead to sectionalism because the question of whether or not the two would become a slave state was being asked. What would either of them be? -
Mexican American War
The Mexican American war was a battle over Texas. Mexico did not want to give America Texas so America attacked eventually winning. This led to civil tension because many would see this as unreasonable and wouldn’t agree with it. Those who saw it as wrong wouldn’t want to be with Texas. -
popular Sovereignty in Territories
This was to have a vote if the state wanted to be a free state or a slave state the people get to chose which ever they want. This lead up to sectionalism because some people in those states might not want slavery and or they want slavery. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Officially ended the Mexican American war. Causes sectionalism because Texas going into America was already considered a slave state. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas and Nebraska act was allowing settlers that settled in Kansas and Nebraska to chose if they want slavery. This lead up to sectionalism because some people in the states wanted slavery and some people went against slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
Series of violence political problems because of anti-slave this was between free states and slave states. This will led up to sectionalism because if the violence gets worse there will be a war between these people over slavery. -
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave who sued his “master because he was living in a free state considered to be a free slave. He was unsuccessful. This led to civil tension because more slaves would start to fight back as well as other people in free states would look down on slave states.
