Abolition and Women
The mid 19th century is called “the Age of Jackson” because it was as revolutionary as its namesake, Andrew Jackson, seventh United States president and developer of the Democratic Party. The Jacksonian Period was an era of change. The Industrial Revolution of the century began taking its toll on the US. Since the average man was a laborer, people began to move to cities. These growing cities became centers of filth and poverty while small agricultural regions began to decline. The Transportation Revolution connected the continent with a web of railroads, allowing the migration westward and boosting the economy. The invention of the cotton gin impacted southern agriculture by speeding up the harvest of cotton and, in turn, revamped slavery in the south. People began distrusting industry and the capitalist way of life. Some people turned to religion for the answers, others to reform movements. Reformers fought for causes, spanning from improved conditions and wages for laborers to temperance. Throughout this period, however, two social reforms stood out among the rest. Since the beginning of the United States, the abolition of slavery had been an issue. Although slavery was not directly discussed in it, the Constitut
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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