Sectionalism was caused by multiple issues at that time. It occurred
because of slavery, slave power conspiracy, economic differences and cultural
differences. The main cause of sectionalism was slavery because how Northerners
don’t like how Southerners don’t see the immorality of it.
<span>. Basically what it did was to decrease the number of peasants who were forced to work on the landed people's property for very low wages. After the plague, there was a build up in the middle class as the peasants, now in short supply, could bargain for higher wages so, in turn, prices of farm goods increased, but the peasants got more status.</span>