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5.4 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences

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By the 1850s, the United States had split into two very different regions that were still tied together under one government. The North was becoming industrial, urban, and increasingly reliant on free labor, while the South remained rural, agricultural, and dependent on enslaved workers. Northerners viewed slavery as a moral evil that violated democratic ideals, while Southerners defended it as both natural and necessary for their way of life.

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10 lessons

  1. 5.1Manifest DestinyPreview lesson
  2. 5.2The Mexican–American WarPreview lesson
  3. 5.3The Compromise of 1850Preview lesson
  4. 5.4Sectional Conflict: Regional DifferencesThis lesson
  5. 5.5Failure of CompromisePreview lesson
  6. 5.6Election of 1860 and SecessionPreview lesson
  7. 5.7Military Conflict in the Civil WarPreview lesson
  8. 5.8Government Policies during the Civil WarPreview lesson
  9. 5.9ReconstructionPreview lesson
  10. 5.10Failure of ReconstructionPreview lesson

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