SECTIONALISM

The NORTH:
Political
Leader: Daniel
Webster, Senator
from Massachusetts
Wanted strong
federal government

1. Factory Economy and
Textile Mills
2. Labor: Skilled and
unskilled labor(no slaves)
factory workers
3. Strongly supported the
tariff
4. Trade and Commerce
Economy:
2
nd
Great Awakening
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day
Saints (MORMONS)
Reform comes from
religious beliefs of
caring for community

Religion
Society:
Large Cities- population is on the
rise
Free Blacks and European
immigrants
High literacy rates
Intellect
Spread of Knowledge
Railroads and Electrical lines
throughout
Steam Power
The WEST:
Political
1. Leader: Henry Clay,
Senator from Kentucky
2. Wanted a strong federal
government
3. Supported the tariff
4. Want more roads and
canals
Agriculture
economy
Free Labor and
some slave
labor
small farmers
Ranchers
Gold mining
(California)
Economy:
Religion
Protestant Christianity
Circuit Riders Traveling
ministers and preachers
Revival Meetings
Mormons travel to Utah to
escape persecution.
Society and Intellectual
Social
European Immigrants
Families isolated on farms
Small, new towns
No regular law enforcement
Women worked especially
hard
Intellectual:
One-room school houses
New Farming Technology
The SOUTH:
Political
Leader: John C.
Calhoun Senator
from South Carolina
Did not want strong
federal government.
Supported States Rights

Economy:
Agriculture
economy,
Plantations
Slave labor
Very little factory
industry
Strongly opposed
the tariff
Society
Most wealth belong to a few
plantation owners
Slavery
Few Railroads and Power lines
Intellectual
Low literacy rates
Private tutors for the wealthy
Area Geography
North of the Ohio River
Mississippi River
South of the Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Appalachian Mountains
South of the Ohio River
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Texas
Gulf and Atlantic Coast
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast