By the 1840s‚ America had become split in opinion over whether slavery was an evil which needed to be removed or a vital part of the southern economy and therefore needed to be kept. The North believed slavery was an evil because slaves were treated inhumanely. For them‚ the ideal of slavery was a denial to human’s basic rights. The fact that slavery was mainly used in the south and did not directly impact the lives of those who lived in the North‚ there was no threat being made to the Northerners
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Slavery was significantly important to the United States because not only did it last for over 200 years‚ it lead to the civil war between the northern and southern confederate states. However‚ the changes in plantation crops and slavery systems that occurred between 1800 and 1860 were because of the Industrial Revolution. The constitutional Convention and Ratification held in Philadelphia from 1787–1789‚ gave the Southern states the freedom to decide about the legality of slavery in their own states
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Slavery was the dominating reality of all Southern life. The effects of slavery in the south can clearly be seen politically and economically. Cotton was the cash crop of the south and the government was white. This means that slavery was not going to disappear without a major event in the South that changed everything. In America during that time‚ a slave was a Piece of property just as our laptops‚ cars and houses are. This means that they can be bought‚ traded and loaned just as all of those
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Economy during the 1840 ’s through the 1860 ’s The influential factors that contributed to the vigorous economic expansion of America during the 1840 ’s through the 1860 ’s‚ consisted of the Industrial Revolution‚ the Improvements in Transportation‚ and Internal Expansion‚ all played a vital role in helping form the dynamic economy. The nations industry was rapidly growing more efficient‚ better quality products‚ with help of the advances in manufacturing technology. A change from unmarried female
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In 1860‚ slavery is what the blacks went through‚ but the North was their only safest place. If they were free in the north‚ where they couldn’t vote‚ couldn’t have social freedom‚ or economic/education‚ how free were they really? South had more resistance in the South and the North quickly freed the states without resistance. Blacks may not as free in the North as they said. How free were free blacks in the north? Politics: only white males could vote‚ anyone else couldn’t no matter what gender
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Hale County‚ Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community. The Politics of Reconstruction The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. The Defeated South South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields)
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When an area is settled for the first time‚ there are certain things that shape the development of the land and the people who settle it. From the 1840’s to the 1890’s‚ the natural environment‚ among other things‚ shaped the development of the West beyond the Mississippi River and the lives of those who lived and settled there. Some examples of places that were shaped and/or affected by the natural environment are Texas‚ the Great Plains‚ the Rocky Mountains‚ and the California/West Coast area.
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land use required bringing in food raised elsewhere. But‚ to continue the King Cotton economy on that scale in the absence of mechanization‚ slaves had to be continually purchased when “natural increase” could not supply labor demand. 2. Slavery encouraged the Southern economy‚ especially in the Deep South‚ to specialize in intensive agriculture‚ cotton in particular. It was a labor intensive crop and could only be profitable if pursued on large scales with vast armies of workers. Investment in this
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Guilt is an inevitable effect of slavery. For no matter how much rhetoric and racism is poured into such a system‚ the simple fact remains that men are enslaving men. Regardless of how much inferior a slaveholder may perceive his slaves‚ it is obvious that his "property" looks similar‚ has similar needs‚ and has similar feelings. There is thus the necessary comparison of situations; the slaveholder is free‚ the slaves in bondage - certainly a position that the slaveholder would find most disagreeable
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following prompts: 1. Read the following passage (paragraph 3‚ “I might be‚ … martyrdom.”) from The Scarlet Letter‚ Chapter 5‚ “Hester at Her Needle.” Then write a short essay showing how Hawthorne depicts Hester’s inner turmoil. Consider such rhetorical devices as diction‚ figurative language‚ syntax‚ irony‚ and tone. 2. Read the following passage (paragraph 7‚ “Hester sought not‚ …wrong‚ beneath.”) from The Scarlet Letter‚ Chapter 5‚ “Hester at Her Needle.” Then write a short essay analyzing
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