...Cotton Gin Slavery was becoming less and less profitable in the South prior to 1793. One reason was because cotton was not a profitable crop for farmers because preparing it for sale was so labor intensive. Eli Whitney's cotton gin turned cotton into a profitable crop and raised the demand of slaves in the South to grow it. This coincided with the North becoming a more industrialized region that didn't need to depend on slaves. 1819 Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise was brokered by Senator Henry Clay to settle the dispute between the North and the South about if the Western territories would be slave or free. Under the terms of the Compromise, slavery would only be allowed in Missouri and south of the 36th parallel. The need for the Missouri Compromise illustrates how the North and the South were beginning to hold very different views on how allowable slavery was to the nation. Bitter feelings about the compromise persisted in both the North and the South. 1828 The Nullification Crisis The Nullification Crisis grew out of a protective tariff of 1828. The tariff was popular with the Northern states, because it provided protection for American made goods. Southern states traded heavily with Great Britain during this time, and felt it would damage their economies. With the support of Vice-President John C. Calhoun, South Carolina passed the Ordinance of Nullification. It stated South Carolina did not have to abide by the tariff, because the tariff was unconstitutional...
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...1. Describe the impact of the Civil War on the economies of the North and the South. The North is often referred to as being industrialized prior to the start of the Civil War time frame, however the North was really only industrialized when compared to the South. It was during the Civil War that the Norths industrial capabilities grew. When you compare the North to the South pre-war, the North however did hold 90% of the United States manufacturing capabilities, produced significantly more in the areas of: cotton and woolen textiles, leather goods, pig iron and more firearms. “The North produced 3,200 firearms to every 100 produced in the South.” (Arrington, 2016) In the North just under half of the population remained in agriculture while the majority of the South relied upon agriculture. (Arrington, 2016) The South was the top producer of cotton, providing two-thirds of the world’s supply. This however made them reliant on the world market. The South had only a small percent in manufacturing, “about 29 percent of railroad track and 13 percent of the nation’s banks.” (Arrington, 2016) The North however produced more than the south in areas of corn, wheat and oats due to the transition to farming machinery versus labor to tend fields. Due to the Norths movement towards industrialization, a significant portion of their population was urban, as there were jobs in factories making the equipment needed for farming, food-processing and railroads. As an added bonus of...
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...country, it appears there are people in this world out for the greater evil in their actions. This was the case on the infamous night last June, when the concept of race drove one man to unimaginable lengths. At approximately 9:00 that night, the Charleston Police Department in South Carolina began receiving a plethora of phone calls reporting that there was a shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The callers had described a white man with blonde hair opening fire on a group of people within the church during a Bible study. It was then reported that the shooter had fled the scene. This would be the largest mass shooting...
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...Alexis McMahon Mrs. Graham History 8 Period 1B 1-29-16 Hugh Williamson I. State background - The state of North Carolina was established on 1729. - North Carolina was founded by colonists in Virginia on 1653. - North Carolina has approximately 200,000 free people, most of these people were white, and not colored. - North Carolina had about 100,000 slaves. - North Carolina colonists made money by plantations, where they produced tobacco, sugar, cotton, grain, fruit, and more. - North Carolina had the largest slave work on plantations in any other colony. II. Personal background - My delegate, Williamson Hugh, was born on December 5, 1735 near Octorara creek in the West Nottingham township, Pennsylvania. - Hugh had a big family....
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...company would pay the voyage for men who would then work for the company for 4-7 years. After the end of the 4-7 year contract, the men would receive their own land. In theory it was a good plan, but most men died before the end of their contracts. Mortality rates were so high because the main purpose of the settlement was to gain a profit for the company. the men spent the majority of their time digging for gold, searching for a northwest passage to Asia, and farming tobacco, and not enough time farming or hunting! the Virginia company was a joint stock company, so in order to raise money for colonization they sold shares of their company to willing investors. The Plymouth Company was also a joint stock company. The house of Burgesses was founded to govern the settlement of Virginia. It became a royal colony in 1624. In 1632, 10 million acres of land north of jamestown became Maryland, a possession of Calvert and his heirs. It was meant to serve as a refuge for Catholics, who were treated unfairly in England. Many Protestants came to Maryland but didn’t want to live under Catholics, so they claimed their own land, and eventually the headright system took hold. Due to the civil war in England, more religious problems arose...
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...The Politicization of Civil Rights Moshe Pols-101 To most people, the Civil Rights Movement means equality for blacks and whites. However, over the years, the Civil Rights movement has been a politicized movement for the push of candidates and parties on all sides. They played a role with the southern states seceding from the USA, and the Civil War. Many people don't know that for a long time in fact blacks did play important roles through many important times, and weren't just mere slaves, as most think today. The reason for such a political polarization on the issue, for a wide multitude of reasons. This paper will sort through the beginning of America to more modern times to show how different political parties and policies shaped the civil rights movement and made it take almost 200 years for equality to start taking a foothold from the founding of America. Many seem to think America was founded only by white men wearing wigs. I found looking through history books over years, and looking at paintings of many of the important founders, and in turn the black founders. I will only point out a few and their accomplishments as they are so numerous: Peter Salem, a black hero at the battle of bunker hill, and saved scores of american lives that day. Reverend Jonas Clark and Prince Estabrook were both important in the Battle of Lexington, with the “shot heard around the world”. He called his congregation to the mixed church, and then rallied his black and white patriots...
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...with which they could seek to forge the equality of all citizens regardless of race. While it is clear that Reconstruction did not accomplish all it had set out to do, it did house several...
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...borrowed from Europe called the putting-out system. Under this system merchants would buy the raw materials, recruit dozens, or in some case hundreds, of farm families to do the work, and then sell the finished product. Many shoes in New England were made in this manner; women and children would make part of the shoe, which would be finished by experienced shoemakers. Beginning in the late 1780s the textile industry started to use power-driven machines and interchangeable parts. All power in these early factories came from water, so the early factories all were located along rivers. Most were located in New England or the Middle states. In the 1790s factories like those in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to weave cotton imported from the south. With the introduction of the cotton gin in the same decade, more cotton became available, and production boomed. By 1840 the textile industry employed nearly 75,000 workers, with almost half of them women. The workforce of many of the early factories was hired using the “Lowell System.” Young women from surrounding areas were brought in to work. They worked for a pittance, worked in horrible conditions, and slept in dormitories provided by the factory. The young women saw this as temporary work, as many went home after several years after making some money (and in some cases...
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...Liberty- theme developed first by Thomas Jefferson to identify America's world responsibility to spread freedom across the globe. Jefferson saw America's mission in terms of setting an example, expansion into the west, and by intervention abroad. • Transportation Revolution- early 1800s, development of steamboats, canals, and railroads. Faster transport of people, products, and knowledge. • National Road- First major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Connection between the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and a gateway to the West for thousands of settlers. • Communication Revolution- Samuel Morse invented telegraph. • The Market Revolution- improvements in how goods were processed and fabricated as well as by a transformation of how labor was organized to process trade goods for consumption. • Porkopolis- Cincinnati was the country's chief hog packing center, and herds of pigs traveled the streets. • Labor theory of value- The value of a commodity is only related to the labor needed to produce or obtain that commodity and not to other factors of production • Second Party System- 2 party system • Democrats- white men democracy. Free markets, no limits on hours/wages. Expand religious liberty. • Whigs- strong, economically involved central gov. • Andrew Jackson- 7th president. Democrat. • Indian Removal Act of 1830- The act authorized Jackson to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their...
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...more rights and became less reserved about how they dressed and acted. They that went against the conventions of how a lady should be like, called Flappers. The public considered them lively, confident, and revolutionary. On the other hand, America was just recovering from World War I and numerous soldiers came back with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other medical conditions. Doctors and Psychiatrists started to take an inside look into why people contracted these illnesses. Certain historical events change certain values, theories, technological, and...
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...A Great Nation with Many Questions The American citizens of this great nation, as a whole, are ready to concede that the United States of America was not founded with Christian principles or with any basis of religion. In ten years, no one will question whether we were founded as a Christian nation or not. Is this something that American citizens are willing to concede? Our founding fathers never directly made reference to Christianity or religion, but it certainly was referenced. Think of how the United States of America would be if its foundation was not one with Christian principles, not a united country, a country without good moral values. Historically, whether many believe it or not, the United States of America is a Christian nation. American was founded by the Pilgrims and Puritans in the early 1600’s. They came to America to be able to practice religious freedom and for other reasons. England decided that they wanted to break away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500’s, thus the creation of the Church of England, otherwise known as the Anglican Church. The pilgrims not wanting to belong to the Church of England decided that they wanted to establish a colony in the state of Virginia. They wanted to practice religious freedom and have the Gospel as part of their lives. According to you tube video, “Pilgrims and their journey” by Amwess1 the pilgrims left for America in 1620 on the Mayflower. After more than sixty days they made land at Plymouth, Massachusetts...
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...The French did not enslave nor convert Native Americans to Christianity. The French focused mainly on trade with the Native Americans and used trade alliances to secure the French’s fur trading rights. They found a permanent settlement in 1608 at Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain, and the Spanish found metals. C: Unlike Britain, there was no aristocracy in the colonies. The colonies had wealthy landowners and merchants, but had a narrower class system that was based on economies. The social ranking was changing. C: The North American manufacturing was limited. Also, there were more exports than imports, which increased jobs in England. Colonists were expected to purchase goods only from Britain in order to help the mother country, and goods from other European nations had to be...
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...Christian, toleration of other religions was different in the three regions. New England was settled by Puritan separatists, seeking freedom from persecution in Europe. Ironically, religious freedom did not exist in New England, except in the dissident colony of Rhode Island. In the New England...
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...David Walker was an African-American abolitionist who was born in 1796 to a father that was a slave and a mother who was free, thus making Walker free as well. Walker grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina in a town where African-Americans were the majority in the region and their presence in the town was profound. Most labor--skilled or unskilled--was performed by “black slaves who were the foundation of the region's key industries: naval stores production, lumbering, rice cultivation, building construction, and shipping.” (Hinks) When he grew older he moved away from his hometown to Charleston, South Carolina because free African-Americans made up much of the population and had many more economic and social opportunities. Walker’s local church faced white oppression as they continuously tried to close the church down. In the early 1820s increased attacks on the church deeply angered its members, with some looking to rebel and fight against...
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...marketing system when Portugal had an importing business. The “product” of this industry was slaves from West Africa. This business did extremely well since North America, also known as the “New World”, had an unreliable work force. Before Africans were used, Europeans relied on indentured servants. They would have a sentence of about four years work with no pay after that time they had to be freed and paid to work. Other people were used as slaves such as Native Americans and Caucasians but they were killed by diseases that foreigners carried which their immune system could not handle. A lot of people feel that slavery does not exist anymore, but if slavery is making people work for little to no money and taking away some of their rights then sweat shops is slavery. In this paper, I will show how profitable the Transatlantic Slave Trade was. I will prove this first by acknowledging how many places were involved with the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Second, I will explain how other trades affected slavery. Third, I will show how we still use sweatshops as a form of slavery today. The Transatlantic Slave Trade supplied the main base of the New World’s economy. The majority ships that sailed yearly for Africa were from the city of Newport. A little over sixty percent of North American voyages that involved the Transatlantic Slave Trade were founded in Rhode Island because of their ports. Spanish America had 1,552,000 slaves, Europe had 175,000 slaves, British North America/ United...
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