Sectionalism – The North, South, and West (1820-1850)

Immigration (1830-1850 – over 4 million immigrants from N. Europe) Reasons people came. Transportation – faster and cheaper. Conditions at home – famine and revolution. Opportunity and freedom – political and financial. Irish (half the immigrants – 2 million) – no money to move West. Crop failure and famines – potato famines (1840s) ................
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