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 * Economic changes had created some divisions within the United States.Sectionalism is loyalty to the intrests of your own region or section of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole. Economic changes contributed to the growing of sectionalism because white southerners were relying more on cotton and slavery. In the Northeast, wealth was based on manufacturing and trade. In the West, settlers wanted cheap land and good transportation. The interests of these sections were often in conflict.

  
 * The questions of admitting Missouri to the Union divide the nation because people living in Missouri wanted to allow slavery in their state. At the time, the U.S. consisted of 11 slave states and 11 free states. Adding Missouri as a slave state would upset the balance of power in congress. The question of Missouri soon divided the nation. Angry Southerners claimed that the Constitution did not give Congress the power to ban slavery.They worried that free states could form a majority in Congress and ban slavery altogether.
 * In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was released. The Missouri Compromise Address the issue of slavery in the U.S. territories and future states territories and future states because it kept the balance of power in the Senate between the slave states and free states. It’s also called for slavery to be banned from the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36 degrees and 30 degrees, Missouri’s Southern border. Thomas Jefferson, nearing over 80 years old and living quietly in Virginia, was troubled by the Missouri Compromise. Meanwhile, Maine, which has been part of Massachusetts, also wanted statehood.


 * The events did in the early 1800’s in Latin American concern the U.S. because in Latin American, several countries had successfully fought for their independence from Spain and Portugal. Some European monarchies planned to help Spain and Portugal regain their colonies, hoping to keep the urge to revolt from reaching Europe. U.S. leaders feared that if this happened, their own government would be in danger. Russian colonies in the Pacific Northwest also concered Americans. The Russians entered Alaska in 1784. By 1812, their trading posts reached almost San Fransisco.


 * <span style="color: rgb(90, 90, 2); font-family: Georgia,serif;">In December 1823, President Monroe issued a statement that became known as the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine is that President Monroe promised that the U.S. would stay out of European affairs. The Monroe Doctrine showed that the U.S. saw itself as a world power and protector of Latin American.

<span style="color: rgb(18, 211, 149); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">____ <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">By: Amanda Akela Nick Jon