The North had a factory economy relying on skilled labor and was strongly in favor of tariffs to protect industry. It also had large urban populations, high literacy rates, and spread of new technologies like railroads. The West had an agricultural economy using both free and slave labor on small farms and ranches. It sought more infrastructure to support growth. The South's economy and society was based around slave plantations and opposed tariffs that raised prices. It favored states' rights over a strong federal government.

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