Sectionalism (dividing America) Flashcards
What is sectionalism
Primary loyalty is to a state instead of the nation
What are the three regions
North( Massachusetts, New York,)
South(Virginia, South Carolina)
West(Tennessee, Kentucky)
What was the South
It was very rural, it’s largest city was New Orleans, least educated region and it was had the least industry’s
What crops did the South grow
Cotton, tobacco, sugar, corn,
What was the Southern society
Rigid class structure
What was a planter class
5% of population
Owned 90% of slaves
What was a small white farmer class
80% owned the population
What was landless white class
Couldn’t afford land
What was a free African American class
1/2 million in 1860
What was the slave class
Six million in 1860
What did the south dominate in and why
Cotton because of the cotton gin
Where was most cotton grown
In the lower South
Who was the leader of the South
John C. Calhoun
Who was John C. Calhoun
He was from South Carolina and was the leading spokesman for slavery and state rights
What did the North have
Most population
Most industrial
Richest region
-Factories
-Banks
Merchants
Most educated
-most colleges
- States required public education
Largest cities
- New York cities
- Philadelphia
-Boston
What was the Northern class like
factory owners/ bankers/ merchants were upper class
What was the Northern class like
factory owners/ bankers/ merchants were upper class
Worker/ Small factories owners were middle class
Unemployed people were lower class
Who was the leader of the North, where was he from and what was he
Sen. Daniel Webster from Massachusetts and was the champion of nationalism
What was the west
-Most democratic region
What was the west
Most democratic region
-No property requirement to vote
Most equal region
-everyone is equal
-no class system
Small scale slavery
-owner usually worked with their slaves
Who were the two leaders of the west and what did they think of each other
Henry Clay of Kentucky and Andrew Jackson of Tennesse and they dispiesed each other
What are yeoman farmers
They are farmers that try and farm land and if it doesn’t work they move farther west to start over
What did the west have
Few plantations
