MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Nationalism
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Politicalism
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Nativism
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Sectionalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -sectionalism, an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most obvious example of sectionalism in the U.S is the contest between the North and the South in the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sectionalism is the belief that a person’s region was superior to other sections of the country. The most sectional tension was between the North and South, but the West was also developing an identity of its own and was willing to side with either of the other sections if it would help them grow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Causes of Sectionalism. Sectionalism is not an isolated development. Economic differences between regions (railroad and manufacturing vs. agriculture), cultural differences (differences in religious perspectives), and other divisions were made worse by sectionalism and slavery.