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    Slavery was happening all over the United States before the invention of the cotton gin. Slaves were used to picking cotton as well as farm and do house chores for slave owners. Also‚ slaves were very popular in the southern states due that they had a late start in the slave trade. However‚ when they got in‚ the southerners realize that they can flourish economically by growing cotton. With slaves being so resourceful and able to control (at some points). The southern states started to flourish

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    The Resurrection The resurrection is an event that occurred in the 1900’s all over the united states but mainly occurred in the southern part of the country. The resurrection is when they ended slavery and needed to build the country again to becoming successful and the way that is supposed to be the land of the free. The resurrection was made into a big thing because of the events that occurred with this situation was going on. The resurrection events that made this so big is when the senator

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    As slavery in the north was decreasing‚ slavery in the south was increasing rapidly. Ever since the textile boom in the northern states and in Europe‚ cotton has been a high demanding textile material. Plantation owners couldn’t work the whole plantations by themselves. The southern states depended heavily on slaves to work their plantations. The south depended heavily on slavery‚ and slavery was vital to the south because they needed the slave’s labor to work their plantations. This why slavery

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    Expansion and Sectionalism (1840-1861) At the end of the Mexican War during Polk’s term as president‚ many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States‚ and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled. Southern politicians and slave owners demanded that slavery be allowed in the West because they feared that a closed door would spell doom for their economy and way of life. Whig Northerners‚ however‚ believed that slavery should be banned from the new territories. Pennsylvanian

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    In the mid-1800s‚ there was conflict surrounding the idea of slavery. This conflict led to a division of the nation and had a huge impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln. Slavery was considered necessary in the Southern States‚ but as a united nation both the North and the South couldn’t have their way. The Northern States wanted to prohibit slavery‚ however the Southern States wanted to allow slavery. This led to many disputes‚ violent uproars‚ and protest throughout the nation. In 1854

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    century‚ the northern states were industrially and commercial advanced compared to the southern states. They had dense cities‚ developed technology‚ and steam powered factories. Most northern cities housed free blacks that could have owned a thriving and successful business‚ but racism was common and interracial marriage was illegal. The Southern states were more agricultural and rural than the northern states. Southern landholders had black slaves work the land. Even though the north population outnumbered

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    Southern Proslavery Rhetoric By1860‚ the slave states had approximately four million slaves making up approximately one-third of the South’s population. However‚ opposition to slavery began as early as the 1700’s by religious leaders and philosophers in North America and Europe who condemned the practice‚ arguing that slavery was contrary to God’s teachings and violated basic human rights. During the Revolutionary War‚ many Americans came to feel that slavery in the United States was wrong

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    Controversy arouse in from the years 1793 to 1860 on a wide scale of topics regarding the Slavery as well as North and South arguments lead to impact America throughout these years. Controversy and discussion‚ even war‚ were brought about with how the topics such as how cotton developed the “Cotton Kingdom”‚ the aristocrats of the south‚ slavery and its systems‚ how slaves were treated‚ abolitionism‚ and the effects of antislavery on the North and South were handled. All of the topics discussed are

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    The issue of slavery became a persistent topic between the North and the South. The northern states mainly focused on economic development‚ while the southern states focused mainly on increasing the number of slaves to work on plantations to make a profit. The article of confederation was modified greatly to support the needs of the north and south. However‚ as time went by the issue of slavery became a growing pain as it slowly destroyed the union. The issue of slavery also separated the north and

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    Northern Workers vs. Southern Slaves Throughout the antebellum period‚ people were working hard in both the northern and southern United States. In the north‚ many people were working long hours in factories. In the south‚ African American slaves were also working sun up to sun down. Some of the conditions northern workers and southern slaves experienced were similar‚ but there were also much worse conditions that African American slaves had to deal with. One of the conditions that both African

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