Slaves were bought at a very high price. They were basically in the feilds from the dawn of day until night. Northern slaves and Southern slaves were treated differently. Southern slaves were given clothes food and shelter by their owners. While in the North it was not so. In the mid 1800 when some slaves in the north becamed freed they were forbade to enter the southern regions. Slaves owners argued that, their slaves may be influenced and could therefore cause rebellion. Salves had no power at all except for the slves codes. Slaves codes consists of rules pertainng to the rights that a slave may have. forexample, slaves could walk at night without their masters permission, but in the court of law slaves could not testify aganist a white person but if attacked they were allowed to defend themselves. in the 1800's slaves were extremley important both social Political and economical.

Slavery in the South

Slavery was very dominant in the South. Working as slaves was the main reason why they were brought to the united states. Slavery was indeed the main part of life for southern states during the 1840 to 1860. Slave masters held pantations where they would capture slaves while forcing then to work so that the economy of the south would expand. During this time period cotton was known as being the main crop, and so therefore slaves would normally work extremley hard to keep the cotton industry alive. Slaves were basically consider as being nothing they had no right in politics, they werent given the right for receiving education so therefore they were uneducated. In the 1860s slavery wasn't as tense as before. Slaves were given certain opportunity although they were still faced with discrimination.

Andrew Jackson was known to be the hero of common man because he won the first man elected from tennessee to the house of representatives. he also served briefly in the senate. jackson was a major general in the war 1812, he became a national hero when he defeated the british at the new orleans on january 8, 1815. His army also won numerous victories. Andrew Jackson was the key president in determining the future direction of the U.S. and is considered one of the most constructive leaders in America's history. Though many thought that he used democracy to win the people over and use their support for other objectives, I believe that he really looked out for the common people, believed in them, and wanted to make sure that they had all of the rights and privileges that they deserved. Jackson knew that the Second Bank of the United States was too powerful and that it also had become corrupt. He also thought that it was only beneficial to the rich and not the poorer industrialists.