Source Revision: Sectional Tension

Question 1

Historians

Answer 1

• Potter, slavery was an inescapable question and crucial catalyst for sectional tension.
• Owsley, Ideological differences were crucial

Question 2

Slavery

Answer 2

King Cotton made up south’s economy. They fought to protect it while north fought against it.

Question 3

Agrarian vs Industrialising

Answer 3

North focused on industry while South on farming. Massachusetts 1860 produced more manufactured goods than all of confederate states.

Question 4

Tariffs

Answer 4

South fought for free trade but north wanted to tax exports. Farmer, inevitably most of the profits of king cotton ended up in Yankee pockets

Question 5

Ideology

Answer 5

Southern states were very conservative and didn’t agree with some northern actions

Question 6

Federal intervention

Answer 6

South didn’t like the idea of federal intervention from the north as they didn’t think it would benefit their state

Question 7

States rights

Answer 7

South wanted to protect its individual states rights but the North saw it as stubborn and federal being better.

Question 8

Education

Answer 8

South had 3x more the illiterate whites than North. Less education splits political and social ideology.

Question 9

Railway

Answer 9

North was slightly more developed, having 2x more railway than the south.

Question 10

Radical North

Answer 10

South saw movements like temperance and abolition to be radical and dangerous.

Question 11

Immigration

Answer 11

Racist south so north as all immigrants. 1/30 people in North were foreign born.

Question 12

All of them

Answer 12

• Slavery
• Agrarian vs Industrialising
• Tariffs
• Ideology
• Federal intervention
• States rights
• Education
• Railway
• Radical North
• Immigration