Further inflamed sectional passions over the
institution of slavery and its future in the Republic.
Brooks, a <span>Democrat<span>, was an intense supporter of servitude and states' rights.
He is essentially associated with his May 22, 1856, ambush upon abolitionist
and Republican Senator Charles Sumner; Brooks beat Sumner with a stick on the
floor of the United States Senate in striking back for an abolitionist
subjugation discourse in which Sumner verbally assaulted Brooks' second cousin.</span></span>
The reason why vernacular literature eventually became the preferred way to produce books is because the "vernacular" was something that the majority of people could understand in terms of written language--meaning that a publisher and writer would make much more money printing in this language.
Private companies and independent firms believe that the TVA
is a government-run monopoly selling electricity in bulk at low rates making it
difficult for them to compete with the TVA.
Apart from that their low rates enable them to be spared from taxation.
More control over the family businesses: The Civil War took men away from farms, businesses, and plantations. Women were expected to take control of matters in their absence.
The war opened new economic opportunities as women were provided a chance to run family businesses. This was especially true for women in the South who had to run plantations while their husbands fought or were involved in the government.