Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
An exaggerated devotion and loyalty to the social, economic, and political interests of a specific region (North or South) over those of the country as a whole.
Sectionalism appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Background to the Civil War.
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