Sectionalism was a major part of the events that led to the Civil War. What does sectionalism refer to? Responses A life in the North was very different than life in the Southlife in the North was very different than life in the South B the United States hoped to expand into new areas of the worldthe United States hoped to expand into new areas of the world C people wanted to live further apart from each otherpeople wanted to live further apart from each other D women and men worked in different areas