Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
South and the North of the 19th Century
Dear Trevor,
As I write this, I can hear faint yells and cheers through my window. Somewhere, the city of Charleston still celebrates. You'll have heard why by the time my letter arrives. Secession. It was no secret that it would happen when Lincoln, that great ape, was elected. As many years as we've been on the receiving end of Yankee insults and "compromises," I wonder why we took so long.
You and I have talked about our peculiar institution, and I know you disapprove, but then, you have not been around Negroes. They are not our equals. They need us to care for them and direct them, and we need them to work the fields and keep our farms and plantations running. There is no immorality, no terrible sin. Merely an advantageous arrangement for both sides. But the Yankees don't see it that way. They want to do away with slavery, even though God knows they don't want to live and work next to a Negro man. So, their compromises began.
First was the Missouri compromise. That one came in along in 1820. Basically, Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine a free state. And then it banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36 degrees, 30 minutes. That one was bad news, and the South knew it.
Secession almost happened about ten years later, in the 1830's, when South Carolina declared Andrew Jackson's tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void. How often I heard my father complain about the federal government laying taxes on our sovereign state. But President Jackson threatened to send troops into South Carolina, and to our everlasting shame, we eventually backed down.
Secession might also have happened a little more than ten years ago, in 1846, when...
Even though it never passed the Senate, you should have heard the hue and cry down here. Worse, a few years later Taylor -- a Southerner of all people -- betrayed us by allowing California to enter the union as a free state. That should have sparked secession. But it didn't. Instead it sparked talk, and more talk, and compromise. Clay's Compromise of 1850, to be exact, saying that while California would enter as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would be territories, and the citizens themselves could decide about slavery. John Calhoun tried to tell us we should leave the union then, but we didn't listen. (Naden & Blue, 2000).
Then, in 1854, came Kansas and Nebraska. Some wanted to cling to that damn outdated Missouri Compromise and have both states enter the union as free states. Nonsense! Then Stephen Douglas came along -- a pugnacious little man from Illinois -- and suggested the Kansas-Nebraska compromise which would allow the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether they wanted to be slave states or free states. And didn't that end up a nice mess, with Kansas having two governments, no one sure which to acknowledge.
And now we've got an ape of a president who opposes any further spread of slavery. Even though you and I don't always agree, Trevor, I'm sure you can see how the South has been insulted and belittled again and again. It is time to divorce ourselves from the union that has never been kind to us. If that means war, well, let it be war.
Yours, Beau
March 30, 1861
Dear Trevor,
Hello from your abolitionist friend. You asked me once how…
References
Catton, B. (1961). The coming fury, volume one. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.
Naden, C.J. & Blue, R. (2000). Why fight? The causes of the American Civil War. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Publishers.
The sense of comparison is not necessarily explicit but rather implicit. It seems that Fanny is a mere observant to the way in which Mary comes to life her life and to adjust to the requirements of her education, both in a spiritual manner as well as in a financial one. The education of the individual at the time consisted of different aspects, but most importantly, it had one aim
A major point of the above is that the winners of wars typically write the history books and their reverence and view of history may not be all that positive. Examples like that litter the pages of history including the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire and so on. Architecture is molded and shaped to this very day by countries generally take a dim view of religion and the associated
Politics/Presidency The most significant difference between the process of elections in the 19th and 20th centuries is that in the 19th century, politics were dominated and controlled by party to a much greater extent than they were in the 20th century. Another very significant difference was that in the 19th century, women could not vote and many Blacks were blocked from voting in the South. However, early in the 20th century
It was an important event in the nation's history because it was the first time that America was dominated by internal conflicts that challenged its democracy (Fortuna, n.d.). However, once the fighting came to an end, its significance became clear because of its effects on the American society. Despite of taking more than 60,000 lives, the American Civil War contributed to the establishment of the Democratic South and Republican North.
Industrialization in the 19th Century In the late 1800s and early 1900's, America entered an industrial revolution, meaning that people moved from living and working on farms to working in factories and living in cities. This movement had both positive and negative effects on people. On the positive side, more, better, and inexpensive goods, transportation, and communication were possible. However, industrialization also brought pollution, child labor issues, and crowded cities. Social Changes and
This doesn't explain why the Irish had such a difficult time, but in America, religious differences are often the cause of intolerance as well. The truth is that without immigrants in the 19th, 20th, and 21st century -- and of course the two hundred years before this, this nation would not be where or what it is today and to remain true to our roots we must accept that