McCulloch v. Maryland

The fall of the South and their ultimate defeat in the Civil War of 1861-1865, can be attributed to multiple factors. The main and chief reason among them are; the South lacked a strong industrial economy which hindered the Confederate Government States ability to wage war effectively. In fact, in hindsight, the economic policies and strategies of the Southern states to fund the Civil War proved to be less than stellar and ultimately proved to be the critical element for their historic defeat in…

Both southern slavery and northern laborers are not in good working conditions. They both have their own struggles throughout the workdays. Taking on long work shifts, with little to no breaks, not so good living conditions. I believe that nothern laborers were in nearly as bad as a conditions as southern slaves. The workers in the Northern Factories worked a fourteen to sixteen hour day for six days a week only getting paid 10 cents an hour because many were considered unskilled. Employers…

(marinersmuseum.org) is very common. This continent can also be called an “estuary, which is a fresh water and salt water mixed body of water, in fact, it is the largest estuary in the United States” (chesapeakebay.net). Within this continent “Virginia and Maryland make it up and they worship God, in other words their religion is Christianity. North Americans viewed them as a source of gold, wine, citrus fruits, and olive oil. Later, the colony began to grow tobacco” (George Brown Tindall and…

There were a handful of differences between the North and South. But when it came to the “equality” of people, there were very little to no differences in the treatment of those of the opposite or opposing race. People in these regions of the country had very similar opinions of people of color. Some of theses opinions are the idea that colored people should not be able to marry between races, vote, and the idea that people of color will always be considered inferior. In America’s history,…

At its core, the Civil War was not about slavery. It was truly about a disagreement over how much power the Federal government should have over the states and their citizens. Slavery was a very important issue that displayed this dispute. The other root cause of the Civil War is in human psychology. We have a tendency, when tasked with a stressful decision where both choices have consequences, to avoid making a choice as any and all backlash from the lack of a decision is not seen as our fault.…

The civil was a major part of American history which determined what kind of nation it would become. While the revolution created the United States the Civil War was going to decide whether the nation was going to be a confederation or an individual nation. This would also resolve two major factor that were in constant conflict with each other, which was the fact that either the United States would become a nation of equal right to all races and having freedom for all or continue to be one of…

There were several events that led up to the clash of opposing sides. The Civil War was without a doubt inevitable, with its conflict of cultures. Slavery was the center of the souths economy and culture, they relied of slaves to keep their world spinning. While the North had ninety percent industrial capacity, dozens of weaponry factories and, not to forget twenty two thousand miles of track that connected farms and factories to forts and bases; this is one of the reasons the North did not need…

Abe Lincoln is Dead, and You are not Free: The Memphis Riot of 1866 and Its Roots in the Social Upheaval of the Reconstruction Nathin J. Birkrem Abstract On 1 May 1866 in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, an altercation between black Union soldiers and Memphis police officers started a chain reaction that eventually brought about what has come to be known as the Memphis Riots of 1866. The group of amicably intoxicated soldiers reacted negatively when told by a small group of officers to break…

Differences Between North and South The United States was divided by regions due to many differences. Both regions had different ways of socializing within their communities. The economies of the regions were extremely different from each other. Each region also had very different political views on how the country should function. These differences caused conflict that would lead to the Civil War. Socializing was very different in the North in comparison to the South. The reform movements…

Compare and Contrasting of the North and Southern United States at a very transformative time during the 1800’s to 1850’s. The new devolving economy in the Western Territories will be heavily influenced by the fermenting conflicts between the North and South. The fast-growing West will need to decide if it will follow the industrial North or will they be more influenced by the Southern States’ continued agriculture and slavery. Northern and Western factory owners are employing immigrants that…