USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All of the issues that divided the nation during the build up to the Civil War, there are four categories they can be classified under: Slavery, Cultural (Social), Economic, and Constitutional (Political). All of these issues led to sectionalism in the United States and pushed the country to the brink of war.

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 the U.S. Senate, three great spokesmen personified the sectional clash and became sectional heroes. Daniel Webster was the proponent of the East, Henry Clay the idol of the West, and John C. Calhoun the statesman of the South.