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Sectionalism In America

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For a society to work smoothly, people must work, pay taxes, and spend money. There are a wide range of ways to make money through working. This is where sectionalism occurs. The Northern states have factory jobs and mercantilistic economy. People depended on farmers for food and clothing. Most people worked for a company. The Southern states were plantation owners and worked for themselves. They depended of slave labor, so they didn't really work at all. Southern society depended on slaves, while the north depended of hard work of individuals and large organized corporations. Each side relies on different sources of labor and organization. When it came to law making, satisfying two different societies was a pain. People living either north
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