Sectionalism
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Sectionalism
Significant Events
• -1842 commonwealth v Hunt gave the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers.
• -Northwest Ordinance 1787, procedure for turning old Northwest territories into States
• -Slave revolts in 1820's and 1830's had a lasting impact
• -1860 around 250,000 African Americans weren't slaves.
• -1800s immigration was increasing.
• -1848 a million germans seek refuge in America because of hardships.
Important people
• -John Deere invented the steel plow.
• -McCormick invented mechanical reaper.
• -Eli Whitney invented cotton gin.
• -Nat Turner led slave revolt in 1831.
• -Denmark Vesey led slave revolt in 1822.
• -"poor white trash","hillbillies" supported slavery.
• -Aristocracy, had to own 100 slaves and 1,000 acres of land.
• farmers had around 20 slaves per several hundred acres of land.
• Native Americans were original settlers of the West.
Issues
• -North Vs. South on slavery
• -Nativists reacted strongly against foreigners
• opposition to immigrants led to sporadic rioting in big cities and organization of a secret and foreign society, The Supreme order of the Star Spangled Banner.
• -Slaves were the reason most farmers were able to produce what they did at cheap costs.
Religious Issues
• -Methodist and Baptist churches gained in membership in the South while splitting in the 1840's with their northern brethren. unitarians who fought slavery saw huge decline in memberships.
Agricultural/industrial changes
• -the steel plow and mechanical reaper made farming more efficient and reduced the amount of effort needed.
• -industrial development increased, which meant people turned to factories and stopped farming.
• -cotton became more affordable once textile mills and cotton gin became available.
Scandals
• -African American families could be separated at anytime and this was justified by historical and religious arguments.
• In the south the “white trash” supported slavery because they wanted to be superior to someone and believed that they would one day would own slaves