Compare And Contrast The South Between 1820 And 1860

Creating a New World has to start somewhere, even if it means it began separated between three different colonies. The New England colonies included Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, it was established in the early 1620’s by a religious group, the Puritans.The southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, Virginia was the first successful Southern colony and was established in the early 16th century. These colonies shared their similarities but also had a lot of differences.

The first African Americans that were put to work in Jamestown were not treated in the way that people traditionally think of early slavery. In fact they were treated just as the indentured servants that had come from England were treated. This does not mean that they were treated with any sympathy or given easy work, but that they just were not discriminated by the color of their skin. In the beginning of the 1600s all servants had the same dream, to one day be free. In 1641, a black slave by the name of Anthony Johnson, was freed and given his own land to start his new life as an American (Johnson et al, Africans, 39). At this point in time the only things that separated people were if you were an owner or a servant and if you were a Christian or not. At some point in the mid 1700s something changed the way that the colonists saw things. All of a sudden there was no longer equal treatment of white and black slaves, the darker the color of ones skin was the worse off their life became. In 1640, three slaves tried escaping to Maryland but were unsuccessful, when they were brought upon the court two of the

3) Transcontinental Railroad: One of the first railroads built that would cross the whole country. It also helped

The slave states in 1860 before the secession were Texas, Montana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The free states were Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon, and California.

The telegraph quickly became popular between people that wanted to send messages over long distances easier and faster than ever before. The telegraph also improved ways of communicating across continents. The first telegraph line was laid across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866; later in 1940 40 lines were laid across the Atlantic Ocean. History.com also states that:

Slaves were not considered citizens in America before the fourteenth amendment was added to the national constitution, and blacks held no rights within the law. The white people had total control over regulations and politics, and used that to their advantage to keep slaves and free blacks on an inferior societal level. Slaves had no records of a human being in a state, no name, title, or register. They couldn’t collect any money, make purchases, and they had no heirs, meaning they couldn’t make a will. Whatever they acquired went to their masters. Additionally, they couldn’t plead or be pleaded for. Slaves were not entitled to the rights and considerations of matrimony, and had no relief in the cases of adultery. They were basically a property rather than a human being; slave owners could sell, trade, or transfer the blacks.

Slaves had no money, no homes and not much hope of advancement in the real close future. The south kept the opinion that they were less than human for the most part. The north, though they wanted them free, still did not want what you would call a level playing field. They desired the slaves freedom, but did not want to associate with them.

After the long battles that made up the infamous, Civil War, the North ended up taking the victory after the South surrendered. The North won the civil war with the help of having an advanced industrial economy rather than an environmental economy. The industrial economy brought in people because of the job opportunities and because of this the population of the North sky rocketed. Also, the agricultural or environmental economy in the south limited the army and were less advanced with technology. Their loss with technology helped the North since they did have the knowledge, they overpowered the South with that kind of economy.

In the late 1850s, tension between the North and the South were getting extremely high. Tension got so high that several of the southern states were succeeding from the Union. However, there were three major factors that sparked succession from the Union. First was the Dred Scott decision; the second was John Brown’s raid, and the third factor was Abraham Lincoln being elected president of the United States in 1860.

The North thought there shouldn’t be slavery, and the South thought there should be. This ended up causing the South to secede from the Union, which in turn caused the bloodiest war in American history to take place. After the Union won the war and slaves were freed shortly after, there was a great deal of bitterness from the South for a long time. For a long time after slavery was abolished, African Americans still didn’t have many rights. Not until the late 1900s were rights given to them. It took nearly 300 years for African Americans to be treated right, and sometimes they still

The north and south had many different opinions which ultimately lead to a war between them during the Antebellum Period. Although they could not see eye to eye on many topics the north and south did have some similarities, and they had to work together. Not only did they disagree on many things they were overall very different.

When the telegraph became known it made it much easier send messages the message would be sent instantly.Many used the telegraph like the military,business owners,journalists and reporters,and just any people.Then after that they started this thing called morse code which meant like certain amounts of clicks and beeps which is good because the morse code is still used today.Also it was an inventor named Granville woods he created the multiplex telegraph which you could use on trains to run a schedule to avoid collisions with other trains.Then later after that the telephone was invented it allowed instant communication through speech it helped the deaf.Then later on in 1877 it had the first telephone line and company it was called the Bell Telephone Company.

By the end of 1812, the south's economy began to suffer greatly. The South's transportation system and the presence of union troops lead to severe food shortages in the winter of 1862. While the south suffered, the north actually experienced an economic boom because of the war. The north raised money for the war more easily than the south. The growing industries also supplied union with clothes and other

The economy of the South depended primarily on slaves. Its settlers had plantations of cotton, which was very profitable at that time, but they needed a cheap labour force to work their lands (slaves). Living in the South meant either having a lot of money to invest on lands (for crop plantations) or working in the only available jobs, which were done by slaves. Since not everyone was able to afford high

North versus South: Effects of Industrialization America has gone through years of industrialization to create the businesses it has today. The Industrial Revolution significantly affected the United States allowing goods to be produced using machinery rather than being hand-crafted. This revolution allowed for a transformation in the daily lives of Americans, as well as allowing the United States to have significant power in industrialization. In the United States the Northern and Southern states were vastly affected by the revolution, and developed at different speeds. The South was most affected by the Industrial Revolution because of methods of transportation, increase in employment, and the rise in export.