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Rise of Federalists and Antifederalists
Antifederalists and Federalists first appeared around the time the Constitution became an idea to replace the Articles of Confederation. The Federalists and Antifederalists were complete opposites in most things. The Federalists believed that the Articles of Confederation should be replaced, while the Antifederalists thought we should've kept the Articles of Confederation. -
John Quincy Adams is Elected as a US Senator
In April 1802, John Quincy Adams was elected into the US Senate as a Federalist to represent Massachusetts. However, the Federalist controlled Massachusetts did not agree with some of the Republican ideals he supported such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act which made him disliked by many Federalists. Massachusetts went and found a replacement for Adams in the Senate on June 3rd. He then resigned his Senate position and left as a Democratic-Republican . -
Should slavery be allowed in the new states
The practice of slavery in new states, became a heated debate for the new country. The West didn't have a strong opinion on the practice of slavery, but generally their economy was tied to the South which was heavily supported by the practice of slavery, so slavery would benefit the West. The Southern leaders strongly encouraged the new state to allow slavery. The Northern leaders opposed slavery because the introduction of a new slave state would upset the balance in the Senate. -
Debates on Federal Lands
Land issues also contributed to sectional issues. Due to the idea of manifest destiny, the West continued to expand and make more land available. Western farmers wanted cheap land, while both the South and North discouraged cheap land. The South discouraged cheap land because Western farmers would compete with southern farmers. The North discouraged cheap land because it would increase labor in the East. -
Henry Clay
Henry Clay developed American System, which aided in construction of roads and canals. He was a unifyer and making compromises to increase American revenue while protecting manufacturing jobs -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was a Southern slave owner whose policies protected the South and the Southern way of life which was slavery -
Daniel Webster's First Term in the US Senate
Daniel Webster was a Federalist who had also served two terms in the US Senate representing Massachusetts. His first term lasted from June 8, 1827 to February 22, 1841. During this term, Webster had supported a protective tariff bill on foreign manufactured goods believing that "nothing was left to New England but to conform herself to the will of others." This fueled the idea of nullification in the states and led to sectional tensions in the South and New England for differentiating views. -
Sectional Tensions Revived
The Missouri compromise was an agreement that, to keep the balance between slave states and free states, another free state had to be created because Missouri was to become a slave state and it would upset the balance. Massachusetts, the original owner of the land now known as the state of Maine, ceded it's northern territory to the other state which would border British Canada. The agreement, however, did not help the political tensions between the North and South. Tensions were revived.
