What do you like about living in

the south? What do you dislike

about living in the south?
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Sectionalism

What is Sectionalism?
Loyalty to a section
before the nation
People identified
themselves as
southerners or
northerners before
Americans
Invaded congress

Birth of Sectionalism
First appeared after
war of 1812
Factories built in
North
Rift begins
People moved west,
adopting western
sectionalism

Economics- North
Built factories
Supported tariffs on
goods from US
Thought on tariffs:
If people paid more for
foreign goods, they
would buy American
Buying American
meant more money for
them

Economics- South
Agrarian economy
Tariffs would hurt the
South
Relied on British
imports
Other nations bought
crops from south

Economics- West
Farmers but not as
big as southern
plantations
Liked tariffs
Felt northerners
would reinvest money
from tariffs in south
and west

Education
1840s began rise of
public schools
Prior schooling was
private
America had one of
the highest literacy
rates in the world
By 1870s all states
had free elementary
school

Education- North
Emphasis placed on
education by
establishing public
schools
Boston had first public
high school

Horace Mann
Believed everyone
entitled to same
education
Brought the idea of
putting students in
grades based on age
to America
Before Mann,
students age 6-15 in
one big class

Education- South
Southerners thought
education wasnt job
of state
Upper class could
afford education
Slaves didnt need
education
No middle class

Education- South
Population spread
out, couldnt justify
building of schools
Educating of slaves
outlawed
Catholics continued to
educate slaves

Slaves- North
Northerners did not
care about slavery
Not the same thing as
being against it

Industrial economy
didnt need slaves
As south embraced
slavery, north
denounced it

Slaves- South
Grew over 60% of
worlds cotton
Slaves were free
labor to pick crops
Large slaveholders
were rare
Less than 1/3 of
southern white
families owned slaves

Slaves- South
Not all slave owners
were farmers
Not all salves owners
were white

Law Making
Congressmen would
pass laws that
benefitted their
section
Had to please the
voters
Would sometimes
support law that they
didnt like

Missouri Compromise
1819 Missouri wanted to
become state
At the time
11 free states
11 slave states

Missouri tipped balance

Maine admitted as free
state, Missouri as slave
Drew a line through LA
Purchase
North of line=Free
South of line=Slave