Freedom liberty and the pursuit of happiness is the most undefined phrase of the classic American ideals. Who is free? What is liberty? And are Americans happy? Prior to the civil war, these questions were interpreted completely different by the North and South. The rise of sectionalism in America in the early 1800's was caused by not having a clear definition of American liberty. This increased steadily between 1800 and 1860 as the North, which phased slavery out of existence began to industrialize, urbanize, and build prosperous farms. While the deep South developed an economy around agriculture and free labor on plantations.
