Marginalized Groups Research Paper

stated that the history of the US for the first 100 years is primarily about the successes, concerns, and desires of the Anglo-American man. As a result, the impact of marginalized groups played little to no role in how events of those years transpired.” This quotes claim is not true as it has been continuously proven in the events of the United States first 100 years that the impact of marginalized groups like slaves and Native Americans, directly impacts the Anglo-American man and the events that transpired through the growth of the nation. The United States would not be where it is today if the marginalized groups had not pushed the Anglo-American man on paths that would not have otherwise been taken in the first 100 years of the United
Slavery had become a staple in the United States soon after the American Revolution, even though they had fought against that very idea of a group or race not having freedom since the birth of the country. One of the main jobs for slaves was agriculture. In 1793, Eli Whitney was credited with the invention of the cotton gin which increased the demand and need for slave labor and revolutionized how fast cotton was gathered and made it a cash crop in the South (Carnes and Garraty 234-235). From the start of slavery there was controversies on whether it should be used or not, however not much was done in its early stages besides the prohibition of slave trade which made slaves more expensive and started the smuggling of slaves into the United States. In the year 1808, Congress declared that slaves could not be brought in over sea or foreign country, people could not import slaves of color for themselves or any other person for a task, ships could not be built for the task of buying, selling, and transporting slaves and could be seized if found that it was, and if any person took a slave on board with the intention to sell or use would be fined and the ship used seized (Congress Prohibits Importation of Slaves (1807) chapter 7 and 8 source how to cite???). This only applied to slaves that were being brought over, and not to the ones already being used in the United States. The invention of machines that made
In 1820, the question was whether to admit Missouri as a slave or non-slave state (Carnes and Garraty 217). The question in this instance was not about the moral questions of slavery but rather the political influence. During the Constitutions compromises, to solve the problem of states’ taxes, the 3/5 compromise was made that said that each slave counted as 3/5 a person in states population and taxes (Carnes and Garraty 149). With the addition of Missouri, whether it was a slave or non-slave state would affect the states’. Congress solved this problem by adding Maine as a non-slave state in conjunction with Missouri being added as a slave state (Carnes and Garraty 217). Without the presence of the marginalized group of slaves, the United States citizens’, or more specifically Anglo-American men, would not have these concerns of what states should be slave or non-slave and not have to use so much effort to solve the ongoing problem. Without the presence of slaves, America would not have had so much trouble with adding more land to it but it would also not have made discoveries and changed laws to benefit the American citizen and their rights, no matter the color of the