While the South utilized slavery to sustain its culture and grow cotton on plantations, the North prospered during the Industrial Revolution. Northern cities, the center of industry in the United States, became major metropolises due to an influx of immigrants. With this willing and cheap workforce, the North did not require a slave system. Although some northerners found the institution of slavery morally reprehensible, most did not believe in complete racial equality either. Slavery became even more divisive when it threatened to expand westward because non-slave holding white settlers did not want to compete with slaveholders in the new territories.
Women played a key role, encouraging the larger democratic movement to include women’s issues and fostering the leadership of women. The newly formed federation of South Africa women began organizing women of all races to fight together for equality
The battle of Gettysburg was fought to get food for general lees men who had just been through a long winter.
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How did South Carolina respond to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860? It called for a state convention and demanded a recount. It reluctantly agreed to support the policies of the new president. It declared independence from the Union and the Confederacy.
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What was that "wrong idea"? What is the impact of the nuance of the word "handled" in the following excerpt: "I was immediately handled and tossed up to see if I were sound by some of the crew"? It shows the Africans were viewed as objects instead of human beings.