Southern United States

Europe and the United States, specifically during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Gothic literature emphasizes ghost stories, mysteries and circumstances often not found in regular stories. It also focuses on a specific theme and setting, generally a sinister house or a frightening castle, to create a tone and mood of suspense. More specifically, after the American Civil War in 1866, many Southern writers, such as Faulkner, created a new genre of writing. Southern gothic is a

Race in the South has always been a major topic within the canon of southern literature ever since John Smith’s discussion of Native Americans in “The Generall Historie of Virginia.” The majority of this ongoing conversation on race has revolved around African Americans, white people, and Native Americans. However, in Bitter in the Mouth, Monique Truong challenges these stereotypical ideas of race in the South, namely assumptions on how race and outside appearance impact cultural identity and personal

In Faulkner’s story, a sharp contrast is demonstrated between the culture and ideas of both the southern United States and the northern United States. Seeing as the story is written from the point of view of the town located in the south, there is an obvious bias against people from the northern United States. This negative outlook towards northerners is easily seen as Faulkner discusses the arrival of Homer Barron. Faulkner discusses how the ladies from the town say “a Grierson would not think seriously

The conclusion of the Civil War saw a beginning of a new era of reconstruction of America. With the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery across the United States, slaves saw their freedom and independence from white owners. This was a huge success for both northern abolitionists as well as free blacks who fought during the Civil War—their hard work and effort finally paid off. However, the road to freedom was not straightforward; though the slaves were free they faced hurdles one after the

Girding for War: The North and South (Pg. 377) What menacing circumstances greeted Lincoln upon his ascension into the White House? Menacing circumstances that greeted Lincoln upon his ascension into the White House was the disunity of seven departed states and eight on the edge. The Menace of Secession (Pg. 377) What potential future and present problems with a disunited America did Lincoln concentrate on in his first inaugural address? Lincoln 's goal throughout his presidency was to bring the nation

Many critics classify the 1960’s as the decade of urban uprising and political shifts in the United States. Controversy surrounded these changes whether they were good or bad for the nation and leaving many Americans questioning the power of urban and political movements. In the excerpt “Triumph of the Left: Sixties Revolution and The Revolution in Manners” Kenneth Cmiel from the University of Iowa shows how the era of the sixties altered and affected the morals of many Americans when they encountered

failures of the reconstruction period, after the United States’ civil war. In the presidential elections of 1860, Republicans led by Abraham Lincoln opposed the idea of slavery into United States' territories. Although Lincoln had won the elections, by March 4, 1861, seven cotton plantation-based slave states formed the Confederacy. Lincoln’s first movements insisted that republicans would not initiate civil war, leading eight remaining slave states to reject immediate calls for secession. There

and Ida B. Wells helped bring international attention to this problem and fight to end it. Lynching occurred most frequently in the deep southern states. One reason for the lynchings was the resentment of southern whites when the slaves were

The Confederate Flag The Confederate Flag is the symbol for the Southern state in the Civil War. It is not just pieces of material. The flag represent families and where they came from. Flags have been a part of history since the beginning of time and the Confederate flag is a large part of the United States history. People need to learn what the flag has represented. The true meaning. Not what they think the flag has represented. Teaching the meaning of the Confederate flag needs to start in the

even though slavery and segregation has ended in the United States, racism is an extremely important topic. African Americans and people of other races are still facing the problems they did 100 years ago. One symbol of this is the Confederate flag. The Confederacy supported slavery, a now proclaimed ‘unconstitutional’ act. The Confederate flag is still being flown in some Southern states today, and they are offending thousands of United States citizens. The Confederate flag should be taken down in