The Legacy Of The South

As the United States was continuing recovering from the Civil War and embracing the expansion of the West, industrialization, immigration and the growth of cities, women’s roles in America were changing by the transformation of this new society. During the period of 1865-1912, women found themselves challenging to break the political structure, power holders, cultural practices and beliefs in their “male” dominated world.

Imagine a historian, author of an award-winning dissertation and several books. He is an experienced lecturer and respected scholar; he is at the forefront of his field. His research methodology sets the bar for other academicians. He is so highly esteemed, in fact, that an article he has prepared is to be presented to and discussed by the United States’ oldest and largest society of professional historians. These are precisely the circumstances in which Ulrich B. Phillips wrote his 1928 essay, “The Central Theme of Southern History.” In this treatise he set forth a thesis which on its face is not revolutionary: that the cause behind which the South stood unified was not slavery, as such, but white supremacy. Over the course of

James Oakes ' book, Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South, is a reflection of slavery and freedom that was closely associated with the ordinary life in the South. The book also hits on points of liberal capitalism that the slave-owner 's had. This book goes into immense detail on liberal capitalism as well as the lack of freedom that the slaves had in the Deep South. "...And this could only mean that southern slavery was defined as the denial of the assumptions of liberal capitalism" (xiii). That in essence makes the slave 's South connection to liberal capitalism closer and way more problematic.

The thesis of the book is that segregation of black and whites was developed later in life than it did when slavery was just introduce. In the earlier years blacks and white would live within the same residence and or property, sharing the same premises if not equal facilities. The black and white would attend the same church and sit in the pews. As life progress and economics and Political conflicts took place that’s when the segregation began.

Woman along with the children were affected while working during the industrial revolution. During 1834 and 1836 Harriet Martineau, a British feminist and abolitionist, visited America and enthusiastically embraced the social implications of the Industrial Revolution, (DTA, 223). Martineau compared the lifestyle of women to slaves and said the United States contradicted the principles of the Declaration of Independence. She did believe though with some progress that it could become New England’s new industrial order. One of the Mill factories Martineau visited, Waltham Mill, was a prime example of the scheduled lifestyle of women mill workers. Women Mill workers of all ages worked at Waltham Mill, which I compared to a boarding school because of their strict schedules. The ladies had a time to wake up, to be at work, to eat, and to go to school. A lot of women did not mind the harsh conditions they lived and worked in because they fought for their equality of rights for a long time now.

William W. Freehling's book The South vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War tells a unique story about the Civil War and one that is not typically discussed in history books. The book is about divisions within the southern culture, which might have led to the outcome of the war in favor of the Union. Perhaps all black southerners had a vested interest in the North's victory, but many white southerners felt the same way for many reasons. In The South vs. The South, Freehling discusses the way the Union used divisions in the south as a war strategy, such as by recruiting potentially neutral Americans living in border states. Recruiting soldiers from border states and western states with less entrenched plantation cultures versus their Dixie counterparts was one of Lincoln's key strategies and also helped General Grant secure some key military victories.

Do you feel that there is equality in North Carolina? If you say yes, this is partially due to the Greensboro Sit Ins and the Civil Rights Movement. Many in North Carolina were impacted by the audacity of what started as some students and the black community members who protested for equality of races even right here in North Carolina, where we call home. “Despite advances in the fight for racial equality (including the landmark 1954 Supreme Court verdict in Brown v. Board of Education and the Montgomery Bus Boycott), segregation was still the norm across the southern United States in 1960.” Depending on whose perspective is looked at, some may still feel segregation is the norm in some cases. These racial segregations have been an issue longer than one can imagine, but from these certain events, life has improved and has become a lot easier for everyone in that case. We no longer have to worry about where we sit or who we can or cannot serve or who we can or cannot talk to.

In the time just before the Civil War, the United States was one of the most successful nations in the world. The United States had become the world’s leading cotton producing country and had developed industry, which would in the future, surpass that of Great Britain. Also, the United States possessed an advanced railroad and transportation system. However, despite its successes, the United States was becoming increasingly divided. The North and the South had many distinct differences in terms of their social, cultural, and economic characteristics that brought about sectionalism and, eventually, the Civil War.

4. What was the Democrat’s “Solid South”? How does this seem different from the political South of today?

Prompt: How did the different backgrounds of John, Cornelia, Lou, and Samuel affect their abilities to adjust to the end of the war? How did the end of the war affect their daily lives? Explain, making sure to support your answer with evidence and quotes from the text.

Henry Grady was a young creative editor of the South’s leading newspaper called the Atlantic Constitution during the 1880’s. He created a name for himself by painting an appealing picture advertising the rise of the “New South” to the rest of the nation and to the entire world. Particularly in two of his well-known speeches—one given in Boston in 1889, the other in New York in 1886—Grady conveyed a message that the Old South of secession was dead and that there was a “New South”, South of union, South of freedom, vibrant and prosperous.

When reading The South vs. The South I come across the problem that the white Southerners had with the Republican wanting to free slaves. The problem persisted as the war continued. The view of white Southerners and Republicans which were led by the president Lincoln were different.

There are many topics such as slavery had been considered to be the root of the War Between the States. All of these subjects are actually just facets of one and that is culture. The idea that the American Civil War was the result of divergent and clashing northern and southern cultures is one that is valid, sound, and supported. Culture affects how people perceive themselves, others, and the world. Of the many aspects of American culture there are a few that stand out for being the most divisive: slavery, ethnicity, social class, and labor. These four issues, how they interacted, evolved, and how the North and South viewed them are what laid the foundation of the road to war and beyond. However before addressing the beyond the paper will address viewpoint of Dixie.

Is there one superior race, no all races be viewed as the same. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout the history of America blacks have been judged on their color and not given the same chances as whites. This was not only during slavery time and the civil rights, but it still has transpired today. The fact about racism is it can come in many forms it isn’t always obvious for you to see. In both of the poems the authors became aware of their racial identity or experience a time of racism in this essay I am going to show you how they reached that point.

A twelve year old teenager is sitting in a car, and he is travelling from Washington State to Georgia. When he arrives, he finds the temperature warmer, and he finds that his new middle school is a blue ribbon school. I am that teenager, and I am living here in Alpharetta, Georgia. Living in Seattle for many years, I can say that the South is a huge contrast from the North, but there are still many things I like about the South. The climate is very warm, and the weather is really nice during the summer and the winter. It is much cheaper to live in the South than the North, and it is even cheaper to live in the South when you compare it to living in Seattle. There are also more educational opportunities in the South, and there are award winning colleges in the South such as Emory, Georgia Tech, and Georgia Perimeter College. I believe there are many things to like about living in the South, and I hope to stay here for a long time.