Task: type of writing
1. showing likeness or ideas: comparison-contrast
2. providing precise meaning for terms or ideas : definition.
3. dividing things or ideas into groups: classification-division
4. showing how to do something: illustration-example
5. using a story to make a point: process-analysis
A. because is would be universal
i would go with semicolon
An increase in the number of men voting and/or the concept of Manifest Destiny.
I also found that another factor that contributed to the rise of sectionalism after The War of 1812 was tariffs/taxes placed on goods coming from Northern factories.