Election Of Sectionalism In The United States

The election of 1824 was a clear sign that sectionalism in politics was starting to become prominent. The nationalism hype of the War of 1812 was slowly decreasing and by the time of the elections there was a clear division between the different American Regions. It was as though the citizens of the northern, southern and western part of the United States considered themselves independent. The Election of 1824 was led by four candidates who ran under the Democratic Republican Party. John Quincy Adams from New England, William H. Crawford of Georgia, Henry Clay from Kentucky and General Andrew Jackson from Tennessee. Although they all ran under the same political party their opinions couldn't be more different to the other. The Election Of 1824 was a sign of the major growth of sectionalism in the United States because of the struggle between states rights and …show more content…
The Northern states were highly against slavery while the Southern states were for them. John Quincy Adams, one of four candidates spoke highly against slavery. This made him very unpopular in the southern states. The Missouri Compromise a few years back in 1820 almost tore the nation apart. This was a sign of the strong division the different American regions were going through. The main point was Missouri seeking to become a slave state. Henry Clay, then Speaker of House proposed a compromise in which Missouri would be granted its wished while Maine would transition to a free state and slavery would be abolished in the northerner Louisiana territory. The main goal was to prevent an unequal distribution between free and slave states in the congress. William H. Crawford and General Jackson were strong supporters of slavery. Their main reason was how the southern states, where they came from relied heavily on slave labor and without them their economies would not