Society of the 1800’s During the 1800’s there were three prominent cultures that could be found within Antebellum or Pre-Civil War America. These cultures include the North‚ South‚ and the Southern Black or Slave culture. These societies differed in many ways‚ some to an extreme degree. The Northern culture is the closest to the modern day America that we know as it was the most progressive culture. The Southern culture was extremely elitist and intolerant of social reform not benefiting the slave
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1843‚ Dr. Emerson died and the Scotts are hired out to other families in St.Louis. In 1846‚ Dred Scott sues Mrs. Emerson for his family’s freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court but loses and is told that he can refile the case. He returns in 1850 and the court rules in favor of the Scotts’ freedom due to the years of residency in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory‚ which are non-slave areas. The case is appealed by Mrs. Emerson‚ who doesn’t want to lose such marketable property‚ and returns
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slaves. Mr. Garrison was so against slavery that he refused to wear cotton or eat cane sugar because it is manufactured by slaves. Document B Does not present a threaten towards the Civil War. However after northern were disgusted for the compromise of 1850 specially after the fugitive slave act. Lincoln was running for presidency and no one voted for Lincoln in the south‚ because of these disputes about slavery led to the Civil War. Another Factor that led to the civil war was the lack of trust between
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10-31-11 Labor in the Late 1800s Essay Laborers in the late 1800’s worked in harsh conditions. Many companies and corporations went on strike and even resorted to violence in order to spread their point. These workers mostly worked for low wages‚ or felt that they weren’t being treated fair. With acts of crime‚ these laborers felt that they could get there message to the companies‚ but most of the companies retaliated with hiring national guards to settle the issue or just locking the workers
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Industrialization grew in many ways during the 1800’s. “It was largely pioneered by the northeastern cities in the united states” (Lecture 11). Many factors made Industrialization in America possible‚ including Natural Resources‚ New Transportation Systems‚ Industrial and Mechanization. The Industrial Revolution began in England because it had the resources that were needed. It all started with cloth industry. Making cloth by hand for pants‚ shirts‚ socks‚ bedspreads and other domestic items always
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In the mid-1800s‚ women’s social status was very low. They hardly had any political or legal rights. We cannot imagine how laborious lives they had at that time. As a result‚ more and more women joined into the abolitionist movement. They took part in such great struggle to fight for their promising future. During this time‚ many brilliant leaders sprang out‚ like Sojourner Truth who declared equality of the sexes; Susan B Anthony‚ who was like a master soul and led the women to get their rights
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The Oregon Trail is a 2‚000 mile route for large wagons. The trail began by fur trappers and traders from 1811 to 1840. The only way you could pass was by foot or on a horse. By the 1846-1869 the trail was used by about 400‚000 settlers‚ ranchers‚ farmers‚ miners‚ and businessmen and their families. William Clark founded the path but it wasn’t discovered until 1859 that they could actually walk the path that connected the Missouri River to the Columbia River. The West part of the trail connected
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Society has matured immensely since the early 1800s. People have become more accepting towards all personality types‚ especially towards women. Back then women were ruled by men. Their sole purpose was to cook‚ clean‚ reproduce‚ look and act flawless‚ and take orders. An online article reads: “Let not love begin on your part” (Week). All their inheritance. if had any‚ unpreventable went to her husband. But great manners were expected. Today‚ stay-at-home moms don’t always get completely dressed
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south. The machine speeded up the process of cleaning cotton fibers‚ therefore augmenting the need for workers and cheap labor. Land owners justified their actions by saying that slaves would not be able to survive on their own if not cared for. By 1850‚ more than forty percent of the southern population was consisted of African Americans. As America began to expand with the Louisiana Purchase and the lands won after the Mexican war‚ the question was whether new states would be introduced into the
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the history of “Cinco de Mayo”‚ and they will learn is not the Independence Day. California State History-Social Science Standard 5.8 Students trace the colonization‚ immigration‚ and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s‚ with emphasis on the role of economic incentives‚ effects of the physical and political geography‚ and transportation systems. 6. Relate how and when California‚ Texas‚ Oregon‚ and other western lands became part of the United States‚ including the
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