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    The North and the South grew different way in Civil war. In the South‚ there were mostly farmers. There weren’t many skilled workers that why manufacturing was not much. But in the North there were a lot of manufacturing and wealthy people‚ they had a lot of skilled workers. During the Civil War‚ there were some advantages and disadvantages between South and North. Few advantages in the South were able to fight on it large homeland‚ they had best military leaders‚ they encouraged young males to

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    1865 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil war and not just soldiers fighting. “The Civil War caused difficulties for the people at home as well as the soldiers. Although the North endured hardships as well‚ Southerners suffered especially because

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    Most slaves in the lower South labored on large plantations possessing twenty or more slaves working on tobacco and cotton (Tindall‚ pg. 496). Europe had a high demand for cotton production so this made the land owners in the south in need of more slaves to help with the production in goods for the Europeans. The development of the cotton gin saw Southern planters grow a variety of cotton practically short staple cotton that was well suited for the heat in the Deep South. Much of the slave trade

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    The south’s view on slavery was way different from the one in the north because they thought slavery was a good thing because their economy depended on slavery. In the north they had a complete different opinion on the topic of slavery the north believed it was wrong and it should be stopped this is why in the north there was a lot of abolitionists groups. The south would constantly say that everything they said was fake and that they are liers. This is why compromise started to break down because

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    The steamboat craze happened during the turnpike craze. It was started by an engineer named Robert Fulton who installed a steam engine in a vessel that became known as the Clermont but was nicknamed Fulton’s Folly. One day in 1807‚ the little ship churned steadily from New York City up the Hudson River toward Albany which was 150 miles in 32 hours. The success was amazing. People could now defy wind‚ waves‚ tides‚ and downstream currents. Carrying capacity doubled. Keelboats went up the Mississippi

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    Webster defines economics as "the science concerned with the making‚ selling‚ and using of goods” or in lame man terms wants and needs fulfilled with limited resources. The north and south had many differences due to diversification within their economies; such as; crop differences to the imposed tariffs on them to economic need for cheap labor i.e. slaves. The framers of the Constitution specifically tried to avoid dealing with slavery because at one time or another it was a critical part of their

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    issues relating to states’ rights‚ economy‚ and tariffs. The North defeated the South which led to roughly 4 million slaves gaining their freedom. The Union army was victorious in the war due to their industrial economy‚ transportation methods‚ and population. The North was highly industrialized during the time of the Civil War‚ being imperative to their victory over the South. Primarily‚ the

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    As slavery ended in North America and South America‚ differences in how they lived free of authority differed. Even though both of the institutions were formed to the needs of African American agriculture‚ their rights and privileges varied. Down in the South‚ blacks free of slavery were commonly treated with disrespect. Scorned under the black codes of slavery‚ some free blacks owned their own set of slaves. For those who were of the black and or white culture who tried to help any slaves avoid

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    American Liberty and Freedom The antebellum era understandings of American freedom and liberties of the 1800s varied in many ways. The path to freedom and liberty for slaves seemed out of reach without any action. Freedom was seen as something that had do with race‚ class‚ gender‚ and knowledge. The writings of personal accounts in this point in history give an in inside and personal vision of what this path was. American’s have the right to and the freedom to pursue happiness. In this point in

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    Research Essay: North Korea and South Korea Throughout the history of politics‚ our societies have encountered a large variety of different political and governing systems. From systems in which idealists introduced to our world‚ believing that they are capable of letting the world function and operate in a more efficient manner came two of the most popular political ideologies that most would recognize. They are known as democracy and communism. Even now during the twenty-first century‚ issues

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