Essay on American Nations
Predictable Anti-progressiveness of the Southern bloc
With healthcare reform and the recent government shutdown, one might want to know what has made our country so divided. The truth of the matter is that our nation is still broken up into distinct regions with ideologies dating back to the first settlers. Although our nation was strongly initiated on the grounds of revolution and liberty, the entire country has not always had the same views. While we as a country have been through a great number of immigration waves, civil war, and reform, the nation is still divided into two significant blocs with opposing ideologies. While hear in the Northern alliance of reform we do not feel as much tension because of our numerous victories, the Southern bloc is desperately struggling to maintain any connection to its aristocratic past. Having numerous failures due to its lack of size compared to its northern counterpart, the Southern bloc is irrationally unwilling to succumb to our helpful ideologies. This is clearly evident in the recent rejection of Medicaid by many nations in the Southern bloc. Historical evidence and current maps have the same split on important issues. The continuous pattern of the southern states’ reluctance to reform is predictable.
Since early pre-civil war era, our country has been broken up into many different cultures from our initial settlers. Four of the biggest of these cultures includes Yankeedom, Midland, Appalachia, and the Deep South attempting to expand westerly in an attempt to control the federal government. Yankeedom came from the Puritan’s and their, “city on a hill,” who care about the greater good for all, which meant overlooking no problems; such as slavery. This culture with its massive size and relentlessness to improve obviously started the movement to abolish slavery. The Midland’s also care about the