Sectional Strife, 1820-1880

This National Park Service study of the Chesapeake Bay includes 11 maps.

“The mid-nineteenth century brought unprecedented transformations to all aspects of life in the region (Map 9). Coal, steel, and steam fueled industrial expansion, binding the Chesapeake region more firmly with the rest of the nation and the world. Scientific advances and religious revivals challenged people’s views. New crops were introduced, and old plants were farmed in new ways … In the Chesapeake Bay region, North-South tensions eclipsed earlier differences between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont.”
Bay, Plain, and Piedmont: A Landscape History of the Chesapeake Heartland from 1.3 Billion Years Ago to 2000 (The Chesapeake Bay Heritage Context Project), Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2000, p. 95.

This map appears in “Chapter Seven: Sectional Strife, 1820-1880” of this publication along with a timeline, a list of significant events, and a list of key locales. The chapter also includes illustrations, sidebars, and a bibliography.