Essay #9

Essay # 9

Essay #9

Question: If you were a White southern in the 1850s, would you have encouraged or discouraged by U. S government policies?

In the Southern states, the Americans were dependent on agricultural production for their economy. Farmers used to yield cash crops that were harvested early and were brought heavy sums of cash in return. Since during this gilded, no modern means of farming were adopted, therefore the farmers relied on human input to help ends meet. To meet the gap, modern machinery could have filled, farmers used slaved African labor. The massive use of slaved labor helped grow more and more crops. They were made to work for eighteen hours and were paid the negligible amount for their services, as a result, a large yield of crops was produced, which as a result was dumped into the American market. With time, the agricultural production grew to a much large extent and the buyers had no options other than to purchase at minor costs. However, during these times another issue got the attention of Americans, which was Henry clay’s compromise of 1850 ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"UJf4XrCB","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}1861: \\uc0\\u8216{}The Cause\\uc0\\u8217{} | Season 1 Episode 1 | The Civil War | PBS,\\uc0\\u8221{} n.d.)","plainCitation":"(“1861: ‘The Cause’ | Season 1 Episode 1 | The Civil War | PBS,” n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":583,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/P3VUM87U"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/P3VUM87U"],"itemData":{"id":583,"type":"webpage","title":"1861: \"The Cause\" | Season 1 Episode 1 | The Civil War | PBS","URL":"https://www.pbs.org/video/the-civil-war-the-cause/","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",10,8]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“1861: ‘The Cause’ | Season 1 Episode 1 | The Civil War | PBS,” n.d.).

The compromise of 1850, offered concessions to both the northern and the Southern states, by offering a general ban over the slave trade. It also offered stricter fugitive slave law. The proposed ban on the slave trade created a row between the Southern and the Northern residents of the states. Some historians believe that the compromise of 1850 and the election of 1860 had a conceptual linkage, however, it was not right. The Northern and the Southern states disagreed on slavery and on issues about the entry of new states into the confederation. The compromise of 1850, lastly provided a temporary solution to the row between the Northern and the Southern ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"L6ATdLVH","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Hine, Hine, & Harrold, 2004)","plainCitation":"(Hine, Hine, & Harrold, 2004)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":585,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/8NZHNJS3"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/8NZHNJS3"],"itemData":{"id":585,"type":"book","title":"African Americans: A concise history","publisher":"Prentice hall Upper Saddle River, NJ","ISBN":"0-13-111441-7","author":[{"family":"Hine","given":"Darlene Clark"},{"family":"Hine","given":"William C."},{"family":"Harrold","given":"Stanley"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2004"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Hine, Hine, & Harrold, 2004). Though the conflict between the states went over until the eruption of the civil war the small conflicts remain prevalent throughout this time.

Talking about the times of 1850, one must need to keep certain things in mind. For example, the world of that time was not sober, graceful and moderate. Neither the values were seen as we see them today. The only advantage people cared for was the economics of a certain degree of political influence. If I was a Southern citizen of that time, I had to care for the economics which was associated with agriculture. If I had to ensure maximum output from my land, I had to be as cruel as it’s possible. Since I am not a superhuman, neither I have a contrary nature, therefore, I had wished for what a Southern from that time could have. However, my political ideas could have been different. I would have taken a systematic approach toward reaching a compromise.

Being a White Southern of the 1850s, I also had to ensure that my land is producing more crops compared to those of my competitors. I had to see how the politics of that time is influencing me, or what it has to offer to me. Since, being a dweller of that time, I had to think alike the manner people from that time used to the think, therefore I can never be different. I will oppose the laws which I felt threatens my well- being, and also I had to accept the changes which can ensure my economic boost. The compromise of 1850, I believed had threatened the lifestyle and economic dealings of the people from that time, therefore I would have also opposed such political narratives. I would have been of this nature because I had to struggle to keep myself a part of that civilization.

References:

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY 1861: “The Cause” | Season 1 Episode 1 | The Civil War | PBS. (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2019, from https://www.pbs.org/video/the-civil-war-the-cause/

Hine, D. C., Hine, W. C., & Harrold, S. (2004). African Americans: A concise history. Prentice hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.

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