"Southern discomfort" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 11 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    with fruit. Inside the house‚ children run down the softly carpeted hallways‚ their laughter tinkling with innocent joy. The Master and the Lady of the house sit in the parlor‚ he smoking a pipe‚ and she embroidering. All reigns peacefully in this southern utopia. All except for the slaves. The individuals hidden behind the drapes‚ quietly bringing in the food‚ brushing away the dust‚ and pouring their life energies into tilling and working the land. The young man‚ who feels the harsh lash of the whip

    Free American Civil War Abolitionism Slavery in the United States

    • 1475 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President Johnson announced his plan to repair the the United States known as‚ Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction

    Premium American Civil War Southern United States United States

    • 545 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    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

    Premium Southern United States American Civil War United States

    • 659 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    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 was so important to the southern political leaders. If the southern states didn’t have slavery their plantations would have most likely failed and they couldn’t produce anymore

    Premium Southern United States American Civil War Slavery in the United States

    • 577 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    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 one crop and

    Premium Slavery in the United States Slavery American Civil War

    • 526 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    from the southern perspective. Although many northerners and southerners were ambivalent toward splitting their organizations and‚ as a result their resources‚ division was nonetheless the eventual result. The two sections could not reconcile their conflicting priorities‚ so the only logical answer to them‚ even in light of their shared religious beliefs‚ was to go their separate ways. This separation would have long-lasting repercussions in Baptist life. Even to the present the Southern Baptist Convention

    Premium American Civil War Slavery in the United States Abraham Lincoln

    • 304 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    (Declaration of Independence 1776) The southern States now stand almost exactly in the same position as our ancestors did some 85 years ago. The difference is that Great Britain made no pretense that we were equal and had an equal say in matters. The Northern States‚ having the majority in Congress‚ claim the same power over us in legislation as the British Parliament did. The government of the United States has become a consolidated Government‚ and the people of the Southern States are compelled to meet

    Premium United States Southern United States American Civil War

    • 760 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    This is important because the purpose is to ensure the service user is comfortable while being treated with dignity and respect as well as supporting the service user’s family. 1.2 There are different approaches to alleviate pain and minimise discomfort which can include medication‚ physical methods‚ self-help methods or alternative methods. Medication can be used for pain relief‚ these can include Analgesics such as aspirin Paracetamol Opiates such as codeine Anti-inflammatory medication such

    Premium Paracetamol Aspirin

    • 390 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    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

    Premium American Civil War Southern United States Slavery in the United States

    • 544 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    southern

    • 1919 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Pacific Medical Supply Company Hiring‚ Motivating‚ and Retaining Good Salespeople Jim Shine had some big problems on his hands as the owner and sales manager of Pacific Medical Supply Company. Jim’s problems involved his most junior salesperson‚ Nicole Landis. Nicole’s impact on Pacific Medical Supply’s sales was huge‚ despite the fact that the company hired her right out of college. The specific problems Jim faced as a result of Nicole’s extraordinary sales efforts involved professional jealousy

    Premium Sales Customer service Sales management

    • 1919 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
Page 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 50