1. Read pp. 139 - 144 in your textbook.
2. Write five reason why your candidate should be President, write three reason your opponent should not be President.
Lauren Chin No, I do not think that slavery should have been allowed in our country during the early 1800s because it did not provide reliable means to sustain our country’s economy. The southern economy depended on agriculture, which depended on slave labor. Tobacco and cotton were the hot commodities to plantation owners. Although cotton accounted for more than half the total dollar value of American exports in the 1850s, the most successful growth periods were followed by depressions and bankruptcies (America Past and Present, 149). Any new country would want a stable economy, especially just starting out. However, the southern economy based on agriculture would not provide a US economy this stability or consistent growth. Therefore, slavery was an unnecessary and invalid institution only needed to support a southern economy solely based on agriculture.
Lauren Chin
ReplyDeleteNo, I do not think that slavery should have been allowed in our country during the early 1800s because it did not provide reliable means to sustain our country’s economy. The southern economy depended on agriculture, which depended on slave labor. Tobacco and cotton were the hot commodities to plantation owners. Although cotton accounted for more than half the total dollar value of American exports in the 1850s, the most successful growth periods were followed by depressions and bankruptcies (America Past and Present, 149). Any new country would want a stable economy, especially just starting out. However, the southern economy based on agriculture would not provide a US economy this stability or consistent growth. Therefore, slavery was an unnecessary and invalid institution only needed to support a southern economy solely based on agriculture.