Characteristics Of Sectionalism

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Characteristics of sectionalism. See the full definition for sectionalism in the english language learners dictionary. For the most part southerners supported slavery and northerners opposed it. Rice and sugar were still important crops in south carolina and louisiana.

Sectionalism characteristics of the south sectionalism south lower south was the home of the cotton kingdom cotton replaced linen and wool as the major fiber for cloth. English language learners definition of sectionalism chiefly us. Slavery was particularly sectional issue dividing the country into north and south to the extent that it led to the civil war.

Start studying sectionalism of social characteristics of the north and south. A more enduring manifestation of hostility toward the nationalizing tendencies in. Sectionalism in the united states was primarily a defensive rather than an offensive stance.

Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Cotton gin sectionalism south tobacco still was the major crop in the upper south. When irritated it was felt sharply.

Region areas broadly divided by physical characteristics physical geography human impact characteristics human geography and the interaction of humanity and the environment environmental geography. Sectionalism is loyalty to one s own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. You can think of sectionalism as one big neighborhood dispute and the neighborhood was the united states in the mid 1800s.

A tendency to be more concerned with the interests of your particular group or region than with the problems and interests of the larger group country etc. The nation was divided by its interests attitudes and overall lifestyles. During the second quarter of the nineteenth century the south grew increasingly insecure and defensive about its cultural and economic interests and most notably its peculiar institution of slavery.