Beyond abolishing slavery in the United States, the Civil war was a pivotal event in American history for a number of reasons. One major importance of the war was that the Union retained its territorial integrity and the South was not able to secede from the Union or defeat the Northern forces. Also as a result of the war the Northern States were able to assert political dominance and a degree or retribution through the reconstruction efforts.
They are forced to leave there jobs and go pick cotton.
They where big trading cities that many people wanted to control and because of it geographic location it was used as a cultural hearth
Communism failed to provide incentives for workers and citizens to work hard and be productive. While there are many benefits from equality, if pushed to an extreme it robs people of an incentive to make an effort. There was little if any reward for hard work or innovation and a lack of punishment for poor or inefficient work. The lack of incentives was a major reason for the poor performance of Eastern Europe economies.
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After the American Revolution, Jay believed in a strong central government than that created by the Articles of the Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. One of his chief gripes with the Articles of Confederation was America's lack of unity on trade: the national Congress could promise countries like France or Spain access to shipping ports, but without an executive branch to enforce the promises, any of the states could ignore the rules.
