Culture of the Southern United States

If you had a choice between doing what you want or doing what is right, what would you do? This is a question that many people in America had to answer. Back in the mid 1800’s slavery was a big issue, many wanted slavery but others did not. This is where William Lloyd Garrison comes into play. William Lloyd Garrison was one of the most influential American journalist in the anti-slavery movement for three reasons: he wanted all slaves to be freed and have rights that a 36 year old white man…

“Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States”.(“Jim Crow Laws.” Wikipedia, 15 Feb. 2018.) Jim Crow laws started at the end of the Reconstruction period and ended in 1965. Jim Crow laws included black males could not shake a while males hand, blacks not being able to share bathrooms with whites, blacks had to give up their seats to whites and sit in the back of the vehicle, etc. (“What was Jim Crow.” Ferris.edu, Sept. 2012.) With Jim Crow…

Black Panther is the top-grossing superhero film of all time globally earning $1.237 billion in ticket sales (McClintock), which means that mass amounts of people are seeing this movie and its message. Weaving current social issues into popular art culture, like movies, gets these social issues into a broader audience, to an audience that may have not known about these social issues beforehand. It is vital that the world keeps creating these forms of media that includes various social issues…

Marjoleine Kars in Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina attempts to shed light on what has previously been a under examined conflict out shined by the revolutionary war. Kars explores the defiance of frontier piedmont farmers who took up arms against a corrupt government that was happy filling their wallets, at the expensive of the farmers. She follows the regulators story from their oppression by corrupt official to the battle of Alamance, using a…

War marked a grueling time for the United States. Disagreement over freedom of slaves led citizens of the broken country to look to President Lincoln for hope and reform. After the end of the war, the turmoil continued with the assassination of President Lincoln. Andrew Johnson, the Vice President at the time, took Lincoln’s place as the President of the United States. As president during this critical time, it was Johnson’s duty to reunify the southern slave states and the northern rebellious…

Abraham did not have any supporters in the Southern States of the States at they were pro slavery as slaves worked on their plantations and essential for their economy. The northern states however supported the abolishment of slavery. Many southerners were angered with the election of Lincoln as they feared he would create new policies against slavery. Despite Lincoln being anti-slavery he did not abolish slavery after being elected but southern states were afraid he would and then 11…

economy than what it could have been. Spain had enough power and control that they could have used the value of silver to their advantage, but instead crumbled under the influence. Japan, however, had a more successful outcome than Spain did. As it states in the Ways of the World textbook, "Japan, another major source of silver production in the sixteenth century, did better." It is a direct reflection of how advanced Japan is compared to Spain. Spain's greediness and lack of communication to…

During the time near the start of WWII, tensions between whites and blacks were tangible. It wasn't really tensions between the two as much as tension against the blacks. This was especially true in southern United States. Poverty, oppression, and violence was plaguing the black communities and a lot of it was from the whites. A black man could be shot in broad daylight and the perpetrator, if white, could claim self defense and get off scot free. Segregation was still going on down south and…

period of Colonial Era, a large number of black men came to America as labor force of the southern colonies. The slavery of blacks was legitimized and accepted practice during that time. Practice of slavery was more common and demanded in southern colonies than in the northern colonies because they needed multiple of people to work on vast farm land. Southern colonies were ideal place for agriculture. The southern land featured rich minerals and fertile soil. Furthermore, the climate was warm…

Slavery:the restriction of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Slavery was a quintessential part of the United States even before its conception. Before the Revolutionary War most of the colonies slaves were located in Virginia and South Carolina due the widely grown cash crops of tobacco and rice. In order for a well-off landowner of the late 17th century to make the most profit he needs to plant his crop on a massive scale, but this raises a question: How do I plant/harvest all of the…