People came for a variety of reasons, including economy, adventure, health, and philosophical notions such as Manifest Destiny. During the early 1830s affluence, Americans gambled heavily on the land, resulting in the Panic of 1837 and the following downturn.
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In the Antebellum South, most slaves had difficult times characterized by poverty, very long-work hours doing demanding physical tasks, and psychological and physical abuse. They also had their families frequently torn apart.
Women, as recorded in Harriet Ann Jacobs work, were vicitms of sexual abuse on a constant basis.
Not all slaves were abused, and some slaves acquired relative wealth and status, but they were the minority. The vast majority of slaves had extremely difficult living conditions, and most importantly, they lacked the liberty that the US Constitution was supposed to guarantee.
On April 6 , 1917 , the Us joined its Allies to fight in World War I.
Ending the institution of slavery
