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SECTIONALISM
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Does Era of Good Feelings Last? NO!!! Supreme Court rulings of John Marshall Conflicts between the two political parties Building & expansion in the country did not benefit everyone 3 Regions Develop NORTHWESTSOUTH
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SECTIONALISM Devotion to one section of the country instead of the whole country
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NORTH Center of industrial growth Rivers provided water power for machines Rivers were natural highways Erie Canal Steamboats & railroads invented before 1850 Immigrants land in NYC & Boston and provided cheap labor National bank rechartered Tariffs increased in 1816
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SOUTH Economy depended on farming Cotton was #1 cash crop Cotton gin increases production (Eli Whitney) Need more land Plantation class vs. slaves (distinct class differences in the South)
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WEST Agricultural (small farms) More connected with North with new transportation (i.e. canals, RR’s, & roads) Growing fast!
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE 11 free states 11 slave states Upset balance of power in Congress Great Compromiser, Henry Clay
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3 PARTS 1.Missouri enters as a slave state 2.Maine enters as a free state 3.The 36’30” line is established. Any territory north of the line would be free, anything south would be slave.
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