Answer:
D. Spanish Colonization
Explanation:
Spanish Colonization started when Christopher Columbus found the Natives and turned them into slaves and made them mine gold for his own profit, he also tried to sell them away as slaves. When more people started to come to America during the Spanish Colonization, diseases and illnesses killed many Native Americans as they had no illness resistance. Lots of Natives were also forced into slavery by the Spanish, mostly in mining as lots of gold and other profitable materials were there. Eventually, as many of the Natives kept dying of diseases the Spanish decided to get African Americans for slaves instead as they had a better resistance against diseases and illnesses.
Before the invention of the cotton gin only long thread cotton could be profitably grown. The long thread cotton could only be grown in a limited geographic locations.
The cotton gin allowed short thread varieties of cotton to be profitably grown throughout the south. This increase in cotton production lead to the expression that cotton is king. The southern plantation owners became rich. The economy of the south became depended on cotton.
In the north the availability of large amounts of now relatively cheap cotton made textile mills a possibility in the north. These textile mills utilizing cotton from the south were the foundation of the industrialization of the north, providing great wealth and attracting immigrants from Europe.
The cotton gin changed the economy of the south to a mainly agriculture economy based on cotton and slavery.
The cotton gin changed the economy of the north to a mainly industrial factory based economy requiring educated workers from European nations.
The southern economy wanted low import duties to purchase manufactured goods with their agricultural products.
The northern economy wanted high import duties to protect their new industries from European competition
Answer:
A. Increased tensions between the North and South
Explanation:
The North viewed Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry to be the actions for their cause, and wrote them as heroes and martyrs. On the other hand, the South believed that Brown's raid was detrimental to their life styles (being heavily dependent on slaves), and that his actions may lead to unintended consequences. This led them to double-down on security.
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The Socialist League was formed from the socialists and the unions. The organization's main goal was to promote and fulfill the Labor Movement or the conditions of a socialist community. In socialism, there are no individuals who exist as "owners." Everyone is working together with the resulting wealth divided fairly among all the people.
