Brinkley quotes a prominent historian who wrote‚ “The South grew‚ but it did not develop.” Assess the validity of this statement for the years between 1800 and 1860. (set a chart up showing a similar column and a difference column) Thesis: Although the South did develop a growing merchant class during these years and the population grew; there were not many changes in the social and economic structure of the South. Similarities (did not develop) ● Tobacco prices were subject to frequent depressions meaning that the
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reasons‚ After Abraham lincoln was elected in 1860 the South feared that he would abolish slavery so the South seceded from the Union.( Civil War Trust 1). The union wanted to stay in tact‚ (Civil War Trust 1). So the North did not see a legitimate reason for secession. (Civil War Trust 1). The two sides had also been drifting apart because of their cultural and economic differences. ( Guelzo 1 ). The North was advancing industrially and the South was growing agriculturally with their entire economic
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Why World War Developed in the Late Summer of 1914 World War I is the event where all the Eurasian empires went at war by a domino effect. What started as a local conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia became arguably the most important war in Europe. The Balkan states became the Great Powers’ way of starting a conflict that had been building up for decades. Although the guilt of the beginning of World War I is commonly attributed to the Great Powers‚ past tensions in the Balkan states made
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The North and South had dramatically different regional identities‚ largely as a result of their settlement histories and economies. The Northern region was the focus of religious freedom and independence movements‚ and grew into large urban industrial centers. The South region had been settled to grow cash crops‚ like cotton and tobacco‚ and grew into large agricultural centers which heavily relied on slave labor. The North and South were deeply divided in the issue of black civil rights‚ with
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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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because the blacks helped the north win the war. Which is also why it was so hard to make the south conform to new laws that the government passed. As Mary Daly once said‚ “I had explained that women asking for equality in a church would be the same as a black man asking the KKK for equality”. Well‚ at least laws that had to do with civil rights for blacks. Except of course jim crow laws. In fact‚ jim crow laws allowing segregation if its equal which it wasn’t. Caused the south to be happy because it made
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Confederacy‚ no longer being a “united nation”. The apportioning standards between the Union and the Confederacy dealt with the issues of slavery and black citizenship‚ political division between Democrats and Republicans‚ and the unstable economy within the South due to the Reconstruction with North booming from industry and those useful interchangeable parts causing America to develop into a nation divided in two. Economically‚ the South had one relied resource and one only: cotton. It was the root of their
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*Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed
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union. The South argued that they were being their right to owning property‚ in this case‚ the enslaved Africans. The South claimed Independence from the North‚ just like the colonists did with Great Britain. As a result‚ the Revolutionary war broke out between Great Britain and the Colonists for the independence and freedom of the colonies‚ in other words‚ the colonies wanted to secede from Great Britain. The South attempting to secede from the North is very similar because the South feels
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North’s economic advantages proved too much for the South‚ others that Southern strategy was faulty‚ offensive when it should have been defensive‚ and vice-versa. Internal division in the South is often referred to‚ and complaints made against Davis’ somewhat makeshift‚ inexperienced‚ government. Doubts are sometimes raised over the commitment of Southerners to a cause many of them were half-hearted about. Many historians have argued that the South lost the will to fight long before defeat was inevitable
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