Why did most americans in the early 1800s produce everything they needed themselves?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Most Americans in the early 1800s produced everything they needed themselves because it was very difficult for them to travel and get foods from other places.

To understand this we need to have a clear picture of how things were at the beginning of the 1880s. No roads and the ones that existed did not have the best conditions. No railroads. Indeed, it was difficult for people to transport goods or animals from one place to the other. That is why people worked very hard in their farms to grow crops, milk their cows, and produce food on their own.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

-an amendment is proposed.

-two-thirds of congress must approve.

-thee-quarters of states must approve.

-the proposed amendment becomes law.

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