<span>Social
contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that
persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a
contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
Socrates uses something quite like a social contract argument to
explain to Crito why he must remain in prison and accept the death
penalty.
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The civil war improved the economy of the north, but harmed the economy of the south. The south relied heavily on agriculture/ producing cotton on slave worked plantations. The civil war led the slaves to finally be freed thus sending many southern farmers into poverty.
