Brady v. Maryland

Leading up to the civil war, there were two distinct regions within the U.S. that later clashed. The two areas had very different transportation and cities, and the two economies were drastically different. Transportation in the North was much more readily available than in the South. In the North railroads and steamboats were being created (known as the Transportation Revolution), while in the South, the only way to move items around was to go around Florida and up the coast. In both the North…

As Maryland and Virginia oystermen were pulling millions of bushels from the bay, the oyster banks of New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts were being depleted. Hungry eyes turned south for new fishing opportunities, and boats from New England began dragging…

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven different combinations of debates held throughout the cities of Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, and Stephen Douglas, the Democratic candidate, had challenged each other for a position as Senator for Illinois, but also criticize and analysis each other’s topics, including slavery and its future for the United States. While most Northerners and Southerners opposed or favored slavery expansion, Abraham Lincoln focused…

The division between the North and South are heightened after the Revolutionary war. Once independent from Britain, America as a new country develops a system of government. Because of different lifestyles, the South and North developed different ideas on how the government should work. Instead of now being split into patriots and loyalists, the creation of political parties surfaced. America was split into Federalists and Democratic Republicans. Federalists wanted a strong central government…

Causes of the Civil War There could have been many causes to the start of the civil war in 1861. However, the main focus and cause of this war, is due to the relationships of the Northern states and the Southern states of what is known today as America. The North had a different mindset towards the future of america than the South had in mind. The Northern states wanted to start moving forward into the future, developing railroads and industrialising the North. The South however had a…

Slavery was a major issue in the United States. The Northern and the Southern states had different point of views on just about anything. The north wanted nothing to do with slavery, but the south was just the opposite. This clashes between the north and the south caused sectionalism of the United States. Sectionalism is a slow tearing of the nation. Many issues such as slavery, industrialization, tariffs, and culture sharply divided the country. The demand for slavery in the south kept…

Many often point to slavery as the reason the American South seceded from the Union. That argument ignores the complex political strife existing between Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans. Due to cultural differences dating back to colonial times, a division between the two regions of the United States endured to the 1800s. The incompatibility of the North and the South persisted so long for deeper reasons than simply slavery, and this incompatibility infected politics. Talks of a…

Have you ever thought about what may have caused the Civil War? Considering all the options, I think two main causes of the Civil War would have been the Abolitionists and the Fugitive Slave Act. I think these two topics caused tension between the north and south colonies leading to the Civil War and everything it brought to the table. Abolitionists were a leading factor in the Civil War because of their braveness to stand up for what is right. They were not okay with the way slaves were being…

During the Civil War in the United States, the nation was separated into the North and the South. This took place in the late 1800s, but the separation of cultures and beliefs in these regions began about three centuries before. Explorer John Smith, author of The General History of Virginia, and seeker of religious freedom William Bradford, author of Of Plymouth Plantation, both wrote vastly different essays depicting their experiences while they explored and settled on land that would become…

So far there have been decades of tension between Northern and Southern America. They’re debating about slavery and state rights. But me, I’m against this whole slavery thing. I’m sticking with Northern America. It’s messed up having slaves at all. Abe Lincoln as president caused seven southern states, to go as the confederate states ( History.com). The first shots were fired. I knew at that moment that something was going to happen. I knew something was going downhill from here. A few…