‘Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party’ before the Civil War showcases the development and expansion of the Republican party and the political ideology of the North and South and the reasons surrounding and leading up to the civil war. Outlawing of slavery in the North was the first step in “free labor” and the first step in the re evaluation of the laws that the United States was created upon. Economic, social and political power was the main focus for most of the problems that surrounded the divided nations and the book ‘Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men’ gives us an insight us to what these ideologies were for the Republicans and the South’s point of view of their position in the growing country.
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If you were poor you were poor and if you were rich you were rich, the social power of the white rich man was strong. Nobody ever moved status and generation after generation found it impossible to improve the class they were born into if they were poor. They were excluded by many opportunities within the south and had no political say in their states and were essentially split into two social groupings. Aristocrats of the South controlled the political system, which kept unequal social status very stagnant. All power and control were in the hands of the slaveholders and there was no room for the poor white man to have a say on anything. The oppression of the poor white man in the South lead to the aristocracy to grow in power. Comparing poor white men in the south to those in the north, they have more hope for changing your status and becoming middle class or even rich. Republicans wanted free labour as well as abolishing slavery. Opportunities were easier to find in the North and society was easier to deal with compared to the South and making labour honourable-upholding dignity in free labour. Many groups were formed as some ideologies were left astray, grew or declined in the amount of support it was once given. These sub groups were Republican Party; Radicals, Moderates and the
The differing …show more content…
If you were poor you were poor and if you were rich you were rich, the social power of the white rich man was strong. Nobody ever moved status and generation after generation found it impossible to improve the class they were born into if they were poor. They were excluded by many opportunities within the south and had no political say in their states and were essentially split into two social groupings. Aristocrats of the South controlled the political system, which kept unequal social status very stagnant. All power and control were in the hands of the slaveholders and there was no room for the poor white man to have a say on anything. The oppression of the poor white man in the South lead to the aristocracy to grow in power. Comparing poor white men in the south to those in the north, they have more hope for changing your status and becoming middle class or even rich. Republicans wanted free labour as well as abolishing slavery. Opportunities were easier to find in the North and society was easier to deal with compared to the South and making labour honourable-upholding dignity in free labour. Many groups were formed as some ideologies were left astray, grew or declined in the amount of support it was once given. These sub groups were Republican Party; Radicals, Moderates and the