Eli Schweitzer
Ms. Novaria
12.4.2015
Causation Paper
In the beginning of the United States of America, Abigail Adams asked her husband, John Adams, to remember the ladies. By saying this she meant for John consider freedom for not only white men. Her letter to John Adams foreshadowed the social reform movement that would come in the 1800s. At about the same time, the founding fathers were arguing over what was to be included in the constitution. The North was opposed to slavery, but was willing to defer to the South who were very strong in their fight for keeping slavery. This marked the point where the North and South began to separate. Both the popularity of social reform and the polarization of the North and South were foreshadowed …show more content…
(Doc A) According to Doc. B, Massachusetts found slavery to conflict with the fundamental ideals that America was founded on. The North’s poor soil made farming an important industry in the northern states, which made the eradication of slavery in the North relatively easy. After the North’s emancipation, the northerners view on see slavery began to differ. Meanwhile, the South continued to rely on slavery as the primary workforce for its robust economy of cash crops. Though tobacco was the main cash crop in the south in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin increased cotton production, further increasing the south’s reliance on slavery. At about the same time, Whitney invented the concept of interchangeable parts, which made the North’s growing industrialization far more efficient. This industrial growth lowered the need for slaves to make a profit. The Fugitive Slave Act which empowered slave catchers in the North, saw great opposition in the North. In Boston, posters were created warning blacks to avoid police and slave catchers (Doc I). This growing polarization combined with social reform in the 1800s to cause widespread opposition to slavery by
Ms. Novaria
12.4.2015
Causation Paper
In the beginning of the United States of America, Abigail Adams asked her husband, John Adams, to remember the ladies. By saying this she meant for John consider freedom for not only white men. Her letter to John Adams foreshadowed the social reform movement that would come in the 1800s. At about the same time, the founding fathers were arguing over what was to be included in the constitution. The North was opposed to slavery, but was willing to defer to the South who were very strong in their fight for keeping slavery. This marked the point where the North and South began to separate. Both the popularity of social reform and the polarization of the North and South were foreshadowed …show more content…
(Doc A) According to Doc. B, Massachusetts found slavery to conflict with the fundamental ideals that America was founded on. The North’s poor soil made farming an important industry in the northern states, which made the eradication of slavery in the North relatively easy. After the North’s emancipation, the northerners view on see slavery began to differ. Meanwhile, the South continued to rely on slavery as the primary workforce for its robust economy of cash crops. Though tobacco was the main cash crop in the south in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin increased cotton production, further increasing the south’s reliance on slavery. At about the same time, Whitney invented the concept of interchangeable parts, which made the North’s growing industrialization far more efficient. This industrial growth lowered the need for slaves to make a profit. The Fugitive Slave Act which empowered slave catchers in the North, saw great opposition in the North. In Boston, posters were created warning blacks to avoid police and slave catchers (Doc I). This growing polarization combined with social reform in the 1800s to cause widespread opposition to slavery by