THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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nationalism
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popular sovereignty
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sectionalism
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secession
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sectionalism is the overemphasized political, economic, and social loyalty to a specific region of a country rather than the country as a whole.
Detailed explanation-2: -sectionalism, an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In national politics, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one’s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Detailed explanation-5: -At the same time nationalism was unifying the country, sectionalism was threatening to drive it apart. Sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole.