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U.S Sectionalism

By noel.burcham

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    In the Missouri Compromise, the main issue was whether new states would be admitted as free or slave states. In the Missouri Compromise, the North and South were impacted differently because it affected the balance of power in Congress. The Missouri Compromise increased tensions by making slavery a national political issue.

  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    1. During the nullification Crisis, the main goal was to stop the taxes on items that the government put on goods. The south was impacted by this event because their items had taxes on them. This increased tension because the south was getting mad at the government which was mostly in the North.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    1. The main conflict was that people were starting to think differently about slavery and seen the harmful impacts. 2. This mainly impacted the south because they banned this book because it made slavery look bad to other people. 3. This created tension because the North started to think that slavery was immoral and evil.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850
    1. In the Compromise of 1850 the main conflict was how slavery was stated to become a more debated topic by having more strict laws on it. 2. The North and the South were both impacted by this. This is because they wanted to try to keep the states equal. 3. This created tensions because states were being added to slavery which the North didn't agree with and slaves were being added as free which the south didn't agree with.

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    1. The main conflict in this is that when a slave entered a free state they had to be returned to their owner even though they entered a free state. 2. This affected the North mostly because southerns were coming into the North and trying to find their slaves and looking in peoples houses. The North also got in trouble if they housed a slave that was a fugitive. 3. This increased tensions because the south was getting mad at the North thinking that they were hiding their slaves.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    1. The main conflict was that this didn't follow the 36-30 line because the states choose for themselves using popular sovereignty. 2. This affected both the North and the South because it created an uneven line. 3. This created tension by having slave states right next to the free states and vis versa.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    1. The main conflict was that abolitionists were fighting with the governments over slavery. 2. This affected the south mostly because a violent act over slavery in Kansas. 3. This created more tension because the southern governments didn't want slavery to end but the abolitionists wanted it to.

  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case
    1. The main conflict with this is that the supreme court ruled that slave were property and not people. 2. This affected the south because it made them happen that it would be harder for abolitionists to take away property the people. 3. This created more tension because it made the northerners made that the slaves weren't considered people.

  • John Browns Reid and Trial

    John Browns Reid and Trial
    1. The main conflict was that he, an abolitionist held a Reid on harpers ferry and many people died because he though slavery could only be solved with violence. 2. This affected the North because one of their own created such a tragedy. 3. This created more tension because the south seen that the North was going to get more violent about slavery.

  • Election of Lincoln

    Election of Lincoln
    1. The main conflict was that Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery. 2. This affected the south because this was their way of life and their economy. 3. This created tensions because the south started to succeed from the union.