Why would the southern states secede but not any other states? There were three main reasons that included issues of slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and other grievances like Lincoln’s election. Georgia‚ Texas‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia were five out of the eleven states that wrote a “Declaration of Causes”‚ which explained why they seceded. Slavery was one of the more important causes of secession of the southern states. “The South with great unanimity declared her purpose to resist the
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Who killed reconstruction?Why did they kill reconstruction?South or North?It is definitely a topic that is important in American history.Reconstruction is a an era after the Civil War when the south was absolutely destroyed‚getting the economy back up‚and seeing what to with the “Freedmen”.Since most of the war was mostly fought in the south‚the entire south was burned down‚all the buildings or houses had bullet holes or cannon shots in them‚which was all part of the reconstruction.There were all
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In 1651‚ Dutch settlers first arrived in South Africa looking for slaves and goods‚ at the time they were known as Afrikaners. The Berlin Conference controlled the European colonization and trade in Africa by dividing the country into sections. The African efforts to resist European imperialism failed because they were unable to withstand the advanced weapons and other technology possessed by the Europeans. In 1948‚ a new system of racial segregation called Apartheid was founded‚ which caused
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The South had many arguments regarding the fact that they needed slavery and that it wasn’t as bad as people pictured it to be. For starters‚ the fact that the South depended on slavery was the number one reason why they didn’t want slavery to be abolished. The Southern economy would go down the drain because they depended on slave labor. Without the slaves there would be no one to work the fields. The cotton economy would collapse‚ the tobacco crop would dry‚ and the rice would be profitable. They
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a factor‚ as the Southern States felt it was their constitutional right to own slaves (Dew‚ 2001). The decision to secede without force of arms is also significant according to Benedict‚ as it would have disrupted the federal system greatly and there is no indication of what the consequences of this would have been (Benedict‚ 1988). Eleven states in total seceded from the union; South Carolina being the first‚ followed by Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana and Texas‚ with the final
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French monk known as “Peter the Hermit”‚ used it intense and fiery sermons to unite a group of disorganized peasants and soldiers. The group quickly went eastward for Constatinople in what is now being referred to as the People’s Crusade. The Crusade did not turn out very well however‚ because nearly all of the crusaders were killed by Turkish soldiers. 3. European lords have reportedly organized a proper military force which consisted of four armies. The first army‚ led by the
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north had abolished slavery‚ the south continued to use slaves which lead to a sectional division between them. It was not possible for slavery to be abolished without leading to the war. Slavery was the basis of the southern economy which would make it hard to be abolished. The north benefited from slavery while they had used it. The division between the north and south was way too strong therefore slavery couldn’t have been abolished easily. To begin with‚ the south had invested too much money on
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If the South seceded‚ the North and South would both be benefited. The North would have changed into a country with social and economic policies similar the ones in Canada or European countries. The South would have half an economy based on slave labor or an economy based on free labor. If Lincoln had let the 11 Southern states away‚ Southern blacks eventually would have won their freedom. They may have had to switch arms‚ but only a few could argue. Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863 but it wasn’t
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The New South Page Numbers – Textbook (p. 317-373) Coach (p. 110-121) CRCT Prep (94-107) I. Economics of the New South 1. Bourbon Triumvirate Group of three wealthy men (Joseph E. Brown‚ Alfred H. Colquitt‚ John B. Gordon) that led the Georgia Democrats and tried to help the wealthy‚ white citizens of Georgia during the New South. 2. Populist New political party that was formed during the New South; supported farmers and African Americans in the South.
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future. America will take action upon the Soviets attempt to expand and create containment. Containment meant that the Soviet Union Communists should not expand. The U.S. contained the communist by providing aid to Berlin by aircraft‚ sending troops to South Korea‚ and establishing a quarantine against the Soviets in Cuba. America and the Allies decided to support Berlin by flying in supplies for over 2 million people within a year. The Soviets decided to create a blockade on June 27‚ 1948‚ even blocking
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