Northern And Southern States In The 1800's
-In the early and mid 1800’s and since the early days of the United States’, different ways of life existed in the northern and southern portions of the country.
-Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories.
-The Northern United States, at the time, possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields.
-The Northern United States, at the time, possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops and relied on slave labor for the production of such.
-Disagreements of all kinds between those in the northern US and those in the southern US arose over the concept of slavery.
-Many in the northern US considered slavery to be morally wrong and …show more content…
People of the northern US believed that the Constitution had established the Union once and for all.
-Abraham Lincoln, a politician who promised to health the spread of slavery through the US, was elected United States President in 1860.
-A vast majority of southerners opposed his presidency because of their views regarding slavery. And, so southern US began to secede from the US Union between December 1860 and June 1861 and came together to form the Confederate States of America.
-On April 12, 1861, forces of the Confederate States fired on the federal fort of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
-At this time President Abraham Lincoln ordered the US Army to bring the rebel state's back into the Union, the effort being the American Civil War.
-The American Civil War lasted four years. The majority of its battles occurred in the confederate states.
-During the war, the confederate states possessed superior military leadership. The US Union, however possessed a larger population, superior means of transportation, greater resources, and more centers of production for war …show more content…
Jim Crow laws, which segregated American citizens in public places based on race, were enacted in southern US states following the reconstruction.
-Following the Civil War, African Americans faced discrimination in the northern US as well.
C. The Postwar Economy
-The demand for mass production and goods distribution during the American Civil War advanced industrialization in the United States.
-The United States, following its Civil War, experienced unmatched historic growth in industry.
-By 1914, the United States was the leading industrial power in the world.
-In the 1870’s, immigrants arrived at the US at a rate of almost 2000 per day.
-Over 20 million people had migrated to the US from either Europe or Asia by 1914.
-Immigrants to the US during the industrial revolution settled mainly in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the US. Others settled in the West region of the US.
-In 1862, To accommodate for the needs of Americans in the western US, the US Congress authorized money to be appropriated for the construction of a transcontinental railroad linking California to the Atlantic Coast of the
-Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories.
-The Northern United States, at the time, possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields.
-The Northern United States, at the time, possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops and relied on slave labor for the production of such.
-Disagreements of all kinds between those in the northern US and those in the southern US arose over the concept of slavery.
-Many in the northern US considered slavery to be morally wrong and …show more content…
People of the northern US believed that the Constitution had established the Union once and for all.
-Abraham Lincoln, a politician who promised to health the spread of slavery through the US, was elected United States President in 1860.
-A vast majority of southerners opposed his presidency because of their views regarding slavery. And, so southern US began to secede from the US Union between December 1860 and June 1861 and came together to form the Confederate States of America.
-On April 12, 1861, forces of the Confederate States fired on the federal fort of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
-At this time President Abraham Lincoln ordered the US Army to bring the rebel state's back into the Union, the effort being the American Civil War.
-The American Civil War lasted four years. The majority of its battles occurred in the confederate states.
-During the war, the confederate states possessed superior military leadership. The US Union, however possessed a larger population, superior means of transportation, greater resources, and more centers of production for war …show more content…
Jim Crow laws, which segregated American citizens in public places based on race, were enacted in southern US states following the reconstruction.
-Following the Civil War, African Americans faced discrimination in the northern US as well.
C. The Postwar Economy
-The demand for mass production and goods distribution during the American Civil War advanced industrialization in the United States.
-The United States, following its Civil War, experienced unmatched historic growth in industry.
-By 1914, the United States was the leading industrial power in the world.
-In the 1870’s, immigrants arrived at the US at a rate of almost 2000 per day.
-Over 20 million people had migrated to the US from either Europe or Asia by 1914.
-Immigrants to the US during the industrial revolution settled mainly in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the US. Others settled in the West region of the US.
-In 1862, To accommodate for the needs of Americans in the western US, the US Congress authorized money to be appropriated for the construction of a transcontinental railroad linking California to the Atlantic Coast of the