The Importance Of The Tennessee Centennial Exposition In Nashville

In McPherson’s “Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism” essay, it is noted that the argument is focused on the fact that although the South was seen as different and exceptional, it was actually the North who had been changing. The South was only keeping the same values and traditions it had been following for years (McPherson 41). One instance where the North’s change is noted is when McPherson demonstrates the percentage of agricultural work in the North and South; "In 1800, 82 percent of the Southern labor force worked in agriculture compared with 68 percent in the free states. By 1860 the Northern share had dropped to 40 percent while the Southern proportion had actually increased slightly, to 84

In this paper I will inform you with a few of these events and topics such as the Civil war, slavery, as well as facts of the state. I hope my readers walk away with a new respect and outlook of Mississippi and learn how the past can affect the future, as well as the beauty.

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. The city is also called the Nashville-Davidson city and is known as one of the 15 best cities in the United States for work and family. The area combines southern America charm with a contemporary urban metropolis. It is the centre of an urbanized area that also embraces parts of seven surrounding counties. The city of Nashville features the topography of rolling hills and lush vegetation, while the downtown urban core is a combination of skyscrapers, renovated historic buildings, and is known for its steady economic climate. Major industries of the area range from healthcare based companies and goods production

Railroads are not nearly as popular in the United States as they are in European countries. Prior to the American Civil War, railroads were a fairly new, and untried, invention. Compared to carriages and the other modes of transportation at the time, the railroad was far superior. Due to this superiority, they were used to transport soldiers, food, and supplies. A systemic railroad began to spread all across the nation, and both sides of the war used them to their advantage.

After the Civil War, the South was in a state of political turmoil, social chaos, and economic decline. Contrary to popular belief, Northerners did not subject Southerners to unethical or inhumane punishment. The time post Civil War was filled with efforts toward reconstructing the South, yet there is the strong question if there even is a New South. Yes, there was somewhat of a New South economically. No, there was not a New South regarding race relations and social hierarchy. In the 1870’s, the South realized the world still looked at them as the ones who wanted slavery. There was a need to project a new image to the world and to stimulate

     The North’s advantage in transport weighed heavily as the war went on. The Union had more wagons, horses, and ships than that of the Confederacy, and they also had an impressive edge in railroads. The Confederacy had only one east-west rail connection, between Memphis, Tennessee and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The latter was an important rail hub with connections via Knoxville, Tennessee into Virginia and down through Atlanta, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. But the North already had an extensive railroad network. Three major lines gave the western

Reconstruction took placed in the South from 1865 to 1880. It impacted the United States’ history by holding the South back economically behind the

Thesis: As the debate continues on whether or not we should keep confederate monuments and symbols displayed publicly, it is important that we recognize both the benefits and downfalls of removing these symbols.

We use the railroads for many things now days. In the civil war, railway systems were one way a force could gain the benefits of inside argumentation,, and as generals pursued this strategy the Civil war became “the first great railroad war” in Mississippi. The Mississippi railroads made it easier for things to transport in and out of Mississippi. The status of inside lines can be achieved by a violence having a central location relation to the enemy or by a force having superior lateral communication relative to the enemy. It is the importance of railroads and the interior lines that they promised that catapulted the otherwise modest town of Corinth, Mississippi into the center stage of the Civil state of War. At the meter of the Civil War, Corinth was still a young town. Corinth stands as a multi-faceted demonstration of how railroads influenced procedure and scheme in the Civil War. It had already brought together the two great armies that clashed at Shiloh. In bend the Confederates and Federals had defended and attacked it, struggling for its ascendency. The Mississippi railways made it easier, traveling wise. During the years 1880-1899 ,Civil War days in Corinth, the railroads were way more significant and important to Corinth’s people. Back in those type of days, there was hardly any transportation for people. So they took highly advantage of the railroads. However, from the years 1900-1950, Industrial Corinth, the railroads were still important but not as highly as the years 1880-1899 being more things were getting invented as in cars and trucks, mainly for transporting goods. Now in the years 1950-2015, Modern day Corinth, the railroad importance went down. In these days we have things like big 18 wheelers and over seas transportation. There was more transportation now and the 18 wheelers deliver more faster. Over the years, we’ve created things

“Nashville” by Tiana Clark was published in 2017 and details the experience of a black women through first person during present time and how her life as a black woman relates back strongly to the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. The speaker is a woman who is married to a white man and that is chasing someone who said a racial slur to her on the streets. She talks about how the civil rights movement happened and how it changed but how history repeats itself in a way that racism is still around today. The poem ends with her trying to come with peace with finding out who said the racial slur so she can get over it and move on. Racism has been around a long time. This poem in a deeper sense is about death of innocent people and

Prior to the start of the Civil war in 1861, the South was still a heavily agricultural based society and remained so for years after the war ended. On the other hand, the North’s economy relied more on manufactured products rather than agricultural products. With the North’s openess to advancements in technology, came advancements in travel and shipping. The biggest advancement in travel at the time was the invention of the railroad system. The North’s percentage of railroad tracks, when compared to the total of railroad tracks located within the North and the South, was about 72 percent (Doc. C). Meaning the South had to rely on the North to transport most of the time so their crops could be transported

James M. McPherson's lectures were given at Louisiana State University called "The Walter L. Fleming Lectures in Southern

And its abolitionist and free thinking.Meanwhile, the south’s colony is characterized by the controversy of slavery and the cash crops they produced

This article explores the history of Washington D.C. during the post-World War II period and the impact that civil rights played in equalizing rights and opportunities for all races in the district. In several ways, the war improved Washington from a city that was rural and urban to one of the most important cities in America. It was a city that most thought to be the prime example of our nations’ democracy. It was representative of changes in population, government, infrastructure, public and private buildings which stimulated an increase in tourism. As a result an increase of conflict resulted in new views of segregation, discrimination, economics, education and legislation. This set the stage for the rapid expansion of the city throughout the latter half of the 19th century.

The Memphis Riot of 1866 and Its Roots in the Social Upheaval of the Reconstruction