Pre-Civil War
We've been learning about the period in American History known as Sectionalism. This was the time leading up to the Civil War. We charted the main events during this time, and learned that most of the factors were political in nature. Federalism was an issue of time, this was the belief that the national government should hold a lot of power, and there was a struggle going on between state governments and the federal government. The 10th Amendment to the US Constitution sa