Culture of the Southern United States

There have been many instances in which our country united states of America has issues when dealing with the rights of the majority and miniorty groups throughout its histoy. However since this very birth of this nation the issues of slavery still carried for years to come. In spite of this problem the united states of America had a solution this problem which will become the thirteen amendment; this amendment will abolish slavery as a whole. But many of these slaves that became free from this…

Throughout the early and mid-1800s, sectional tensions arose throughout America. Sectionalism, or the loyalty to a particular subsegment of the Nation, rather than loyalty to the United States as a whole, was a pervasive characteristic of this period. Many factors contributed to these sectional tensions, however, the most divisive factor among the parties was the controversy over slavery. Slavery during this time was largely well-accepted in the South, but typically denigrated in the North. When…

On the brink of the Civil War , Georgia’s citizen’s were major players for both the secessionists and the unionist movements. In this essay I plan to cover who these secessionists and unionists were, how the secessionists were successful in the state legislature, and the justification given for Georgia’s Ordinance of Secession. The majority of Georgia political leaders were secessionists, and supported the disunion of the country. Major Georgian Secessionists include Eugenious A. Nisbet, one of…

affected the culture, economy, and development of the state in a multitude of ways. Georgia is located at a key point in the US geographically. It is located in the Sun Belt, however, it is located just far enough north to have some mountain presence. Because Georgia is located in such a position that the terrain and climates vary, it has been able to have a culture, economy, and development that have flourished. The culture of Georgia has been greatly affected by the location of the state. The…

narrowed down to four regions of America, then it becomes much easier to pick out specific characteristics. The four regions are the South, Northeast, Midwest, and the West. For example, if we asked how a southern person talks or behaves, we will typically have the person come out with their best southern accent and have them saying “y’all” every other word. Whereas asking how someone from the west coast acts will elicit a “like” between words and causes that person to act similar to a hippie or…

At the end of reconstruction, Southern whites wanted to recreate the image of the south as tolerate and humane. This ideology is known as the “lost cause” the lost cause states that the civil war was fought in order to maintain states’ rights and protect the family. The idea of states’ rights being the reason for the civil war created an image of the south as tolerate. As well as restored the souths feeling of bravery, rebellion, and resistance against the national government. The creation of…

The effort placed towards Reconstruction lacked the cohesion necessary to reconstruct the South. Southern elitist desperately clung to illusions of their sovereignity to the Union and viewed Reconstruction as a perversion of the natural order of life. The Radical Republicans of the North set out disconcert and impoverish rebellious Confederates and African Americans wanted the freedoms and equality entitled to them under the newly amended constitution. These conflicting visions for the ideal…

North Union and the South Confederacy. The war started in 1861, and ended on April 9th 1865. The Unions style of fighting was used first by the Teutonic/Anglo-Saxon fighters. The Confederates style of fighting was the Celtic style. Culture had a lot to do with how each side fought. The Confederates were proud like the Celtic leaders of the past. They would attack head on or in the offensive. Part of this was how they were taught to fight. The generals led their men into…

with detailed knowledge of the South 's culture, society and history. In 1936, W. J. Cash had written a series of articles for the nationally renowned magazine, American Mercury. The magazine’s publisher Alfred A. Knopf offered Cash the opportunity to write a single volume history of the South. My perception of W. J. Cash is one of a true southerner, making his way back home to his roots and providing the readers with his viewpoint of the southern culture. His viewpoints of the South can be the…

With the commencement of hostilities in April 1861, the Civil War was largely seen as a dispute over states’ rights. From a military standpoint, the South largely considered that its reserve of highly trained military officers and martial tradition of élan would make the difference in a quick, decisive war that would be over by Christmas. The reality of the situation would prove far different. The Civil War was largely the first industrial war, and was perhaps inevitable that the domination of…