industrial and technological development. Both the North and the South created many advances in railroad and water transportation. The Union‚ however‚ was far more advanced technologically than the Confederate states . Consequently‚ the North made greater and more effective use of progress in weapons‚ communication‚ transportation and medicine than South . Although the industrial development made the nation very widely known‚ both the south and the north were divided because their differences. The Civil
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The western expansion was a better life for the American people. The Louisiana purchase changed the united states for the better. People loved the idea that the west provided to them. The United States population had tripled to thirteen million people.(pg.9) Of course it was better for the settlers to move because there was no room for new farmers in the east. Even though settlers were always willing to move where ever there was better land so it wasn’t a big surprise. The settlers did not have any
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just before the Civil War. The United States was becoming a successful nation. The country lead in cotton producing and had developed several industries‚ which in the future‚ surpasses that of European nations. Prior to the Civil War‚ the North and South had many differences that helped shape the antebellum period. The north was very successful because the economy was based on manufacturing. The north could not have farms because the soil was rocky and the climate was mostly cold. There would
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reason for secession‚ but a rather a series of rooted problems. Sectional tensions between northern and southern states arose as early as the 1840s when America first began its westward expansion into new territories. Every new territory added raised the question of its position on slavery‚ as the balance between free and slave states was fragile. In an attempt to gain supporters and appeal to both citizens from the north and south‚ Douglas introduced the idea of popular sovereignty i n which the
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Thesis: The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. ’Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations‚ short distances between cities‚ and large financial
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Large ungulates roamed western North America up until about 7000 years ago. The herds included woolly mammoths‚ oxen‚ bison‚ horses‚ burros and camels. As the landscape of western North America evolved‚ animal species coevolved to take advantage of the rangeland vegetation. When the first people came to this part of the world‚ woolly mammoths‚ bison and other grazers still roamed. Evidence shows Native Americans hunted the large ungulates‚ as well as the saber tooth cat and other carnivores. These
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North vs. South in the Great Depression The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929‚ the United States dropped sharply into a
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There are a few reasons why the South lost the Civil War. One reason is that the North not only outmanned the South but also at almost every point‚ militarily. The South was also outclassed industrially. If it was not for European recognition and military aid the South would have never had a chance to win. Industrially the South could not keep up in out put and in manpower. By the end of the war the South had‚ more or less‚ plenty of weaponry still‚ but it just did not have enough men to use the weaponry
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The North and South emerged as two distinct regions because they had various differences. Despite being part of the same country as a whole‚ the North and the South were opposites both culturally and in several other ways. As mentioned in “The American Journey” by Glencoe‚ these differences included the geography‚ economy‚ society‚ and transportation system. One of the most striking differences between the North and South was the climate and geography. In the North‚ there was not an abundance of
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A.1.) Gaskell ‘North and South’ essay. Gaskell’s ‘North and South’‚ set in Victorian England‚ is the story of Margaret Hale‚ a young woman whose life is completely turned on its head when her family moves to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south‚ Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty‚ smoky industrial town of Milton‚ but as she adapts to her new home‚ she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor
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