1. SECTIONALISM

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

3. Economy:
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

4. Religion
• 2nd Great Awakening
• The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day
Saints (MORMONS)
• Reform comes from
religious beliefs of
caring for community

5. 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

6. 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

7. Economy:
• Agriculture
economy
• Free Labor and
some slave
labor
• small farmers
• Ranchers
• Gold mining
(California)

8. Religion
• Protestant Christianity
• Circuit Riders – Traveling
ministers and preachers
• Revival Meetings
• Mormons travel to Utah to
escape persecution.

9. 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

10. The SOUTH:
Political
• Leader: John C.
Calhoun Senator
from South Carolina
• Did not want strong
federal government.
• Supported State’s Rights

11. Economy:
• Agriculture
economy,
Plantations
• Slave labor
• Very little factory
industry
• Strongly opposed
the tariff

12. Society
• Most wealth belong to a few
plantation owners
• Slavery
• Few Railroads and Power lines
Intellectual
• Low literacy rates
• Private tutors for the wealthy

14. Area Geography
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Mississippi River
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
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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