Western Expansion 1800 To 1850

Western Expansion’s Contribution to Growing Sectional Tensions between the North and South from 1800 to 1850 G11 Jinpyung Suh Once in America, there was a time when Eastern South and Eastern North were divided. This division during 1800 to 1850 is one of the important events in American history. There are few reasons for this division such as slavery compromise, pursuit of ideal government, and also the western expansion. It will make members of the society to be curious why the territorial expansion influenced to the sections between the North and the South, but, actually, the westward expansion played a critical role that augmented sectional tension between North and South during 1800 to 1850. The life style of North and South differed from the beginning when the Europeans arrived at new land of America. Initially, they had different ideas and motives, and had different surrounding environment. Because of the divergent characteristics of area, north mainly went for artisan-industry while South went for farming industry which demanded a lot of slaves. And also, their inclination of politics diverged which South was pro French while North was pro-British. Since the drafting of the Constitution in 1787, the North and the South had grown apart again in terms of economy, ideology, and society. The affair that further intensified the sectional
The west provided foods and raw materials by fast and effective rail roads to the Eastern North. Inversely, North manufactured those raw materials and resold to the West whose settlers relied on manufactured goods imported from the north east. The construction of rail road and this mutual relationship, resultant of Industrial Revolution, linked those two regions very tightly and set apart from the Southern