Sectionalism Dbq

The increase of sectionalism was an important act formed by the events following the Mexican-American War by causing states to secede, transportation developments, and eventually leading to the start of America’s bloodiest battle, the Civil War. These events led to how America is viewed by people today and what our state’s rights are and will be. By the end of the Mexican-American War, America had gained rights over California and many southern states. Prior to the Mexican-American War, slavery between the states was an ongoing complication that began to cause conflicts. The conflicts created led acts established by the people that became an important statement for why the Mexican-American War and the Civil War were started. Early in the eighteen hundreds, the Missouri Compromise was written to declare which states were to be known as slave states and free states. A line was drawn across the United States at latitude 36°30′ stating that each state to the north of the line and east of the Mississippi River is a free state and each state south of the line and east of the …show more content…
Document two provides readers with information that in May of eighteen fifty-six, Cass presented a speech for the United States Senate that stated his opinion on what they United States should be acting upon, protecting, and enforcing among its people. Lewis Cass states his idea of popular sovereignty to the United States Senate and this idea led to the start of the start of the Civil War. After the Mexican-American War took place and the United States received California and some Southern States, sectionalism increase tremendously because of the splitting of America into the United States and the Confederate States. Cass’s idea of popular sovereignty influenced American citizens to form the Confederate States and eventually start the Civil