Cultural Differences Between North And South America

Culture is what makes up our countries, cities, states, and communities; each place has different foods, clothing, religions, races, architecture, geography, and many more influences. These subjects define us and how we live. They contradict us from everyone else; they are examples of our unique characteristics. In the 1860’s the North and south were different. Besides the fact that we were in the middle of a civil war, the cultures were almost opposites. The southern parts of the United States were mostly based on farming. The rich owned slaves, and harvested crops such as cotton. The hot, moist air caused them adjust to their climate; they adjusted by wearing less clothing, and their buildings were made to keep the hot air out. They ate mostly seafood, considering the south bordered the Gulf of Mexico and had plentiful rivers running throughout the land.
Education was not important in that age ,and most boys didn’t get an actual education. Out of 12 million school-age children, only half received an education (History Central). Country kids would start schooling after the harvest, and end in the spring before planting season. Although they received less education, the
Especially in the 1860’s, women were believed to only be good at cooking, cleaning, and raising children. Women didn’t get educations, they couldn’t vote, they couldn’t voice their opinion, buy land of their own, nor make any decisions that their husbands didn’t agree with. The year of 1869 was a big year for women. In 1869, “Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) that focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions.”(Digital History). And only one month later, Wyoming grants women the right to vote and hold political office. Gaining the right to vote brings women one step closer to having equal