Territorial Expansion: A Major Reason for Sectional Conflict between North and South America

Introduction
The following essay is about discussing the various issues that made contribution to the
sectional conflict between the North and South America between 1830 and 1860. The various
issues responsible other than slavery will be focused on in this discussion. This will help to find
the different things to understand the reasons of conflict (Gordon, 2017).
Reasons for conflict as territorial expansion
One of the principal reasons for the sectional conflict was the production of cotton in the
South. One of the biggest roles for the growth of economy in the Southern part of the country
was played by the agriculture. The need for the slaves went on to be increased for the production
of huge amount of cotton (Gordon, 2017). The Southern America was not interested in providing
the proper education to all the people under their jurisdiction. Even they were not willing to
educate the slaves as well. The economic difference between the North and the South began to
increase from various angles as well. The economy of South was mostly different from the
North. The people in the South The people in the South were mostly unified from the political
aspects. The political structure was more democratic than their Northern counterpart (Reid,
2014).
To be specific, the fact of the territorial expansion can be named as one of the biggest
issues that led to the sectional conflict and then the civil war between the two regions of the
country. The Westward expansion of the South gave them the opportunity to expand towards the
Mississippi river (Doyle, 2014). The war that took place in 1812 gave them the political power
to establish their basement there. The priorities of the people in both the areas did not match and