The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn’t realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The reason the south took four years for the North to win‚ among other reasons‚ is because they
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Agriculture and environment were factors in the way each culture grew. The fertile land of the south along with a warmer climate made it possible for the colonists to grow cash crops such as tobacco‚ rice and indigo. However‚ this was not the case with the northern colonies. The poor soiled‚ rocky and‚ mountain area and long winters made it hard for the colonists to raise enough food to feed there families. This made it necessary for the northern colonists to look their natural resources as a way to make
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The North always had more than the South. Kids in the South had barely any education. The South had small amounts everything‚ except for farms. Both Northerners and Southerners lived in the same country‚ but the way they did things were very diverse. Even though the United States was a joint country‚ there were many social‚ economic‚ and political differences that occurred between the North and South before the Civil War. The Underground Railroad was known as an escape route for slaves trying to
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between the North and the South were promptly obvious well before the American Revolution. Economic‚ social‚ and political structures varied essentially between the two areas‚ and these differences just augmented in the 1800s. In 1861‚ the Civil War emitted between two sides‚ and a great part of the contention encompassed sectional differences. When the war ended‚ Reconstruction decreased some sectional differences however expanded others. The real difference between the North and the South- and the
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During the sixteenth-century in the English Colonies‚ in this time there was a process where the people that owned some of these colonies were going through a time where immigrants were migrating to the new world. Forty-five thousand Puritans left England between 1620 and 1640 and created religious societies in another part of the world also known as the New World. The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence‚ the people wanted to have religious
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The north and the south had many differences before the Civil war. With the climate‚ economy‚ culture‚ transportation‚ and more. There were many things that made the south different than the north one of the main differences between the South and the North was that the South was slave states and the North was free states. Climate/Geography To start off with‚ the south climate was warm and sunny. The South also have humid summers mild winters and heavy rainfall. While the South was good for farming
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In the novel “North and South”‚ Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the role of women in Victorian society through her portrayal of Margaret as a powerful and independent woman. During the reign of Queen Victoria‚ a woman’s place was in the home‚ as domesticity and motherhood were considered to be sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. Women did not have suffrage rights‚ the right to own property‚ and rarely had any control over their own lives. Gaskell develops the character of Margaret to break
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#1: To what extent is it fair to say that by 1860‚ America had developed into two distinct societies? Focus on social‚ political‚ and economic. In the time span of 40 years after the end of the Era of Good Feelings in 1824‚ the United States of America experienced economic crises regarding banks‚ the upcoming of popular sovereignty‚ and the insurrection of conflict for women’s suffrage (to no prevail). When President Lincoln was elected into office in 1860‚ the nation had fragmented into two: the Northern
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Tierney Deggelman Morrissey Engl 209 October 1‚ 2012 Gender Roles in North and South It is no surprise that the novel North and South is one that frequently employs the literary style of placing two entities in juxtaposition as the very title coincides with the idea of comparison. Similarly‚ the chapter headings often mirror this literary style: “Masters and Men‚” “Likes and Dislikes‚” “Roses and Thorns”. The most significant of these comparisons is masculinity and femininity. Through the development
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War is never an easy discussion; it is a subject people constantly debate‚ especially in regards to total war. Questioning the morality of total war is an issue due to the elasticity of the definition‚ which is dependent upon the individual. General William T. Sherman’s total war strategy in Georgia and the Carolinas is arguably morally acceptable -even though it included waging war against the civilian population- when taking into account the benefits versus the costs. There were excessive actions
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