While there were many political and cultural differences between the North and the South that contributed to the American Civil War, the main cause of the war was slavery. Below we will discuss the impact slavery had in leading up to the war as well as some of the differences between the two sides that led to such a great divide. Slavery At the heart of the divide between the North and the South was slavery. The South relied on slavery for labor to work the fields. Many people in the North believed that slavery was wrong and evil. These people were called abolitionists. They wanted slavery to be illegal throughout the United States. Abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe began to convince more and more people of the evil of slavery. This made wealthy landowners in the South fearful that their way of life would come to an end. States' Rights The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers. Expansion As the United States continued to expand westward, each new state added to the country shifted the power between the North and the South. Southern states began to fear they would lose so much power that they would lose all their rights. Each new state became a battleground between the two sides for power. Industry vs. Farming In the mid-1800s, the economies of many northern states had moved away from farming to industry. A lot of people in the North worked and lived in large cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. The southern states, however, had maintained a large farming economy and this economy was based on slave labor. While the North no longer needed slaves, the South relied heavily upon slaves for their way of life
The urban middle class wanted Mexico to be a democratic government and that is why they opposed the totalitarian rule of Porfirio Diaz who ruled Mexico at the time for 35 years. This led to Mexican Revolution which lasted from 1910 to 1920 which transformed Mexico, both its government and its culture.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the Union from falling apart for the last thirty-four years.
The Nazca civilization, one of the first more advanced civilizations in South America, was established and flourished in the valleys west of the Andes, on the territory of what is now the country of Peru. The Nazca civilization was developing in the Nazca valley, and the surrounding valleys, on and near the Pacific coast of Peru. This civilization existed in the period between 200 BC and 600 AD.
Civil disobedience can be viewed by many as a weapon against injustice and cruelty. It enables people to help out others by standing up against their oppressors. It gives them an opportunity to allow someone a fair and just chance at life. It allowed people to end slavery in the United States, and wars in Mexico.
