Racism has been a problem in America for centuries. From slavery‚ to Jim Crow laws‚ to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson‚ racism always has been‚ and will always be a problem. In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Hurston talked about racism and showed how it affected the life of the main character‚ Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God took place in the 1890s‚ a period of violent racially motivated crimes and segregation. This segregation played a huge role in people’s lives‚ in
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republicans. Southern representatives in congress kept voting against the Homestead Act because they saw it as an opportunity for the development of Free states that would tip the scale in the free vs. slave states. It was originally passed by congress in 1860 but then vetoed by President James Buchanan. After southern representatives left congress was when the act was then passed. The act motivated people to settle west by giving them the incentive of 160 acres of land. There was a small fee and after 5
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eighteenth-century elites. Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Between 1800 and 1860 white planters moved to the lower South to... transform the West into a free labor society. recreate the conditions of slavery. invest in agricultural development. flee antislavery laws in the upper South. Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The movement toward secession in the winter of 1860-1861 was most rapid in... the Upper South. South Carolina. Virginia. Georgia. Question
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federal rights‚ slavery within territories‚ and the abolition movement. One of the major exports of the south is cotton‚ and while the north invested in factories and railroads‚ they invested in slaves to tend to their crops. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 stated that all territories about the 36’30 line must enter as free states‚ and all territories below must enter as slave. They also enter as pairs‚ one free/one slave‚ to keep balance. Many inventions‚ such as the Cotton Gin‚ led to an increased
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In the context of the period 1763-1865‚ how far was the American Civil War caused by long term divisions over the issue of slavery? In his second inaugural address in March 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln looked back at the beginning of the Civil War four years earlier "all knew‚" he said‚ that slavery "was somehow the cause of the war." This essay will endeavour to discuss the role of long term divisions caused by the slavery debate in the eventual outbreak of the Civil War. In doing so this analysis
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royal African company to transport humans from Africa to America. When England finally outlawed its slave trade in 1807‚ America relied on its own internal slave trade. By 1860‚ millions of slaves were still moved and sold in the colonies‚ but no new slaves were imported into the US after 1808. In 1820‚ the Missouri compromise banned slavery in all new western states‚ the South saw this as a threat. The country began to divide around the 18th century over the North and South issue. When Abraham
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In the south‚ agriculture was the big business. Cash crops were grown‚ often using slave labor‚ on big plantations and small farms throughout the south. Cotton‚ tobacco‚ and food crops (rice‚ Indian corn) were all grown to some extent‚ but cotton was by far the most profitable. In the first half of the nineteenth century‚ manufacturing was taking root in the North. Among the first industries to grow was textiles. Northern textiles were made from Southern cotton. Southern cotton fueled the South’s
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Slave and land ownership became more concentrated‚ so more and more white people were forced to leave the land and move to urban centers in search of work. By 1860s a sharp contrast between the developed North and the rural South developed. Similarly to the economic growth‚ the period from 1820 to 1840 was a time of significant political developments. The previous qualifications for voting rights by the amount of property owned were abolished and a direct methods of selecting
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During the 1800s‚up until 1860‚the North and South did not see eye to eye on economic and social issues.Inevitably leading to a much anticipated Civil War in 1861.The seeds of the Civil War were planted way before the actual fighting broke out ‚the antebellum years prior to this event were filled with political turbulence.Tension between the North and South reached an all time peak when slavery expanded to newly acquired states.To the North slavery was morally wrong and cruel.The South however
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Chapter 13: A House Divided (1840-1861) Thomas Crawford designed the capitol building with lady liberty on top. This was an issue for many ppl: showed how nearly everything was in question now. Fruits of Manifest Destiny Continental Expansion Ppl started moving west The Mormons’ Trek Went to modern-day Utah: founded by Joseph Smith (polygamy) National boundaries meant little to those who moved West The Mexican Frontier: New Mexico and California Mexico achieved independence from Spain in
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