Essays on Free State

The Civil War which lasted from 1861-1865 was caused by a number of factors. Most of the reasons for the Civil War were economic, political and social. The economic reasons for the Civil War were as follows. The economic disparities between the North and the South. The South had a plantation system that consisted of growing numerous crash crops including tobacco, indigo and cotton which were extremely profitable and depended on slave labor. The North’s economy was more industrialized which meant that it depended more on people working together rather than a class system. An economic-political reason for ...

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The Berlin Conference of 1884 to 1885 which is also referred to as the Congo Conference signified a powerful role in the regulation of European colonization as well as free trade in parts of Africa during the period of neo-imperialism. One of the outward goals of the conference was to implement regulations on the rampant colonization of Africa in order to prevent the military conflict between the colonizing states. It is to be noted that colonial powers went into what historians coined as the ‘Scramble for Africa’, where they decided to invade, occupy, divide and colonize the different parts ...

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The slaves in the Southern part of US faced inhuman treatment where they were by law, the property of their owners. The slaves were subjected to harsh treatments including working for long hours in the fields while returning at night only to be met by meager food to fulfill their hunger needs. The husbands were taken from their wives with professional slave catchers tasked with tracking the runaway slaves and torturing those who were suspected to have the intentions of escaping. To be able to save the slaves and make them see the light of freedom, it was necessary ...

The process through which the English settlers became Americans was twofold: they claimed North America as their home and cut ties with the mother country. First, the Red Indian tribes that existed throughout the lands claimed North America as their home, albeit in separate units. For that reason, confrontations that closely resembled a tug of war ensued because two distinct groups were vying for the same resources. Now, the assimilation of one faction by the other was impossible as their traditions differed greatly. Hence, it is no wonder that David Edmunds’ Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership revolves ...

Slavery was firmly established in US at the verge of 18th century. Series of penal codes and statutes were enacted to regulate the activity. The Louisiana Purchase sparked political and geographical concerns of occupation from anti- and pro- slavery states. The Congress in 1820 wanted to split the newly attained territories into slave states as well as free states. An agreement known as the Missouri Compromise in the same year was signed between these two states to regulate the slavery in the western territories. This followed prohibition of slavery in the northern states bordering Arkansas but with an exemption ...

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The Irish leadership perspective has a crucial role in its national life due to the impact Irish political leaders have in the economic life of the country. Understanding this national leadership characteristics significantly contributes to the national awareness of its strengths and weaknesses. Based on Hofstede’s leadership categorization model, the commonly held leadership characteristics can be described as small power distance, weakly uncertainty avoidant, collectivist, masculine, and long-term oriented. American leaders who want to engage Irish leaders and population will have to make adjustments in at least three dimensions of differences, namely, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and ...

The Progressive Era was meant to improve the economic, social and political issues affecting America. However, one of the most critical areas that needed reform was the plight of the African Americans, which was overlooked by most of the white progressives. The issue of racism affected many aspects of the American’s society. For example, the blacks were denied the opportunity to participate in the voting process. The progressive movement did little in terms of improving the lives of African Americans. The white progressives supported segregation as they believed that African Americans were inferior and in some instances they ...

Sentiment was boiling with respect to the issue of slavery. There was a delicate balance in Congress----eleven Free states and eleven slave states. Missouri wants to join the union as a slave state, a challenge to the fragile equilibrium of the political era. Henry Clay helps to provide the answer with the Missouri Compromise. It simply stated that Missouri would join the union as a slave state, while Maine would detach from Massachusetts as a free state (Etcheson 1). Furthermore, slavery would be outlawed in lands north of the southern border of Missouri, except of course, Missouri (Etcheson 1). ...

Irish Republican Army: Terror in Ireland

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Regarded as the oldest terrorist group in Europe, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was initially named as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) or the “Fenians” on the 15th of February 1858. Its earliest objectives engaged the liberation of the region from the “invading” British forces; in the course of time, the IRB forged a close collaboration with Sinn Fein (“Ourselves Alone”) after the latter’s establishment in 1905. The IRB’s radical wing carried numerous attacks including the “Easter Uprising” onslaught in 1916 under the name “Irish Republican Army.” After a cease fire was concluded in 1923, the ...

As the war against slavery took center stage in the US, the line of demarcation between proslavery and antislavery had been drawn with the Northerners and the Southerners taking a divergent view of the act. While many States had officially abolished slavery due to its evil and anti-human acts, certain states had legalized the act. The Missouri compromise left was tactically meant for the power balance between the North and the South. Missouri was admitted as a state that legalized slavery while other Illinois abolished the slavery and the slave trade. In the Dred Scott case, he had sued ...