One of the major causes of sectionalism was the issue with slavery in America. People in the North wanted to abolish slavery, while those in the South supported slavery and deemed it necessary to the survival of the economic status of America. This was because of the different ideals of the Northern and Southern states due to their economic and environmental differences. This led to the creation of documents such as the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to remain a slave state and Maine to become a slave free state. Both John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson favored the Compromise, showing that sectionalism was prominent in
One of the major causes of sectionalism was the issue with slavery in America. People in the North wanted to abolish slavery, while those in the South supported slavery and deemed it necessary to the survival of the economic status of America. This was because of the different ideals of the Northern and Southern states due to their economic and environmental differences. This led to the creation of documents such as the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to remain a slave state and Maine to become a slave free state. Both John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson favored the Compromise, showing that sectionalism was prominent in