Sectional Tension

Sectional definition pertaining or limited to a particular section.

Sectional tension. Previously within the united states the north and south had already been rather displeased with one another due to the issue of slavery. The one theme behind all of the events of the 1850s is that of slavery. Advances such as transportation textile factories and manufacturing led to an industrial north.

Sectional tension grows 1820 1850. As new western states joined the union it inflamed tensions over the balance of power between free and slave states in congress which ultimately would lead to the civil war. Another effect was an increase in racial conflict in the west.

The guerrilla warfare left 200 dead. Photo of slave viewer discretion advised during the 1820 s 1850 s america experienced regionalization. Terms in this set 40 wilmot proviso.

Sectionalism increased steadily between 1800 and 1860 as the north which phased slavery out of existence industrialized urbanized and built prosperous farms while the deep south concentrated on plantation agriculture based on slave labor together with subsistence farming for the poor white families. The south supported having enslaved people. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.

A major one is an increase in sectional conflict. The fact people were being killed suggests the tension between the two sections was being tipped over the edge. Prototype of whitney s cotton gin.

The old northwest was economically regionalized due to its grain farming. Arts and humanities us history the civil war era 1844 1877 sectional tension in the 1850s. Sectional tension began when the north and the south had very different opinions on whether to have slaved states or free states.