Nationalism vs. Sectionalism...Nationalism What is Nationalism? •A feeling of pride, loyalty, and...
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Nationalism vs. Sectionalism
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Nationalism
What is Nationalism? • A feeling of pride, loyalty, and
protectiveness toward your country
Henry Clay was a strong nationalist • “Every nation should anxiously
endeavor to establish its absolute independence, and consequently be able to feed and clothe and defend itself. If it rely upon a foreign supply that may be cut off…it cannot be independent.”
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The American System
Plan presented to Congress by President Madison
• Ensured that America would be economically self-sufficient
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Establish a Protective Tariff
A tax on imported goods that protects a nation’s businesses from foreign competition
Encourages Americans to buy American
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Establish a National Bank
Promotes a single currency
Allows for easier trade
Regional Banks usually had their own currency
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Improve the Country’s
Transportation System
Faster trade and movement
Help keep people connected
Poor roads = slow and $$$
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Sectionalism
What is Sectionalism?
• Loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of the country, rather than to the nations as a whole
A threat to Nationalism
Conflict of interests between North, South, and West
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North South West
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Activity
Keeping the ideas of sectionalism in mind, choose one of the regions of the United States, North, South, or West, and write an argument as to why your region’s interest are more important than the others regions.