Sectionalism — Social Studies definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- Political identification or conflict organized around regional interests and institutions. (U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction)
- Political identification and conflict organized around regional interests and institutions. (United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century)
Where it is taught
- Sectionalism: Slavery, Territory & National Power — Sectional Crisis & Civil War, U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
- Sectional Conflict, Political Breakdown & Secession — Expansion, Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11
In use
Sectionalism is the name for loyalty to a region's interests over the nation's, and this is the machinery underneath it.
Sectionalism: Slavery, Territory & National Power