what did crossing the railroad tracks, especially in the South, signify?
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Tracks divide neighborhoods. Often the other side of the tracks meant the poor or"bad" neighborhood. Americans arn't as much racist as they are classist.
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In 2005 the government says, that 4 to 10 MILLION crossed the Southern Border.\n\nThey apprehended 1.2 million.
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War is hell. Sherman marched through the South burning everything in his path. The concept means that the enemy then has less resources. The reason he did this was to punish the South and end the war.
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It simply means someone was killed there. Sometimes the number of crosses indicates how many people died. \n.--\nWell I'm wrong again. I've never seen these giant crosses.\nSmall crosses along the side of the road indicate a traffic death. I found your link though. Here you go.
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How ever far it might be to the object that the southern person is pointing to.
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I am guessing you are talking of the organized aid to people in slavery in the USA.\n\nThe National Park Service has details at http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/\n\nUC Davis, University of California has a similar site at http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm.\n\nAnother useful site :\n\nhttp://collections.ic.gc.ca/underground/flightall.html.\n\nThe National Geographic has an interactive feature on it at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j2.html
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it showed the harsh rearlity of slavery and portrayed the south in a bad light. the south feared that it might persuade congressmen and political leaders to abolish slavery.
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Northern? Southern? The distinction is difficult to make for many states because they are generally categorized by their affiliations during the Civil War, not so much as to their geographical location. That makes it tough.\nGenerally being a southern state meant being located south of the Mason-Dixon line (which Maryland is). The Mason-Dixon line is actually the common east to west border of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Interestingly, if one were to extend the line to the east it would go through the southern part of NewJersey. Hm? We should all be glad, northern or southern, that we live in the \nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
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In South, Engineering
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In many ways, Reconstruction at the state level profoundly altered traditions of southern government. Serving an expanded citizenry and embracing a new definition of public responsibility, Reconstruction governments established the South's first state-funded public school systems, adopted measures designed to strengthen the bargaining power of plantation laborers, made taxation more equitable, and outlawed racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations. They also embarked on ambitious programs of economic development, offering lavish aid to railroads and other enterprises in the hope of creating a New South whose economic expansion would benefit black and white alike. But the program of railroad aid did much to undermine support for Reconstruction. Spawning corruption and rising taxes, it alienated increasing numbers of white voters.
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Depends on the region of US.  The South was openly segregated through the '60's.  That's part of what the civil rights movement was about.
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The reasons for this "Great Migration," as it came to be called, are complex. Thousands of African-Americans left the South to escape sharecropping, worsening economic conditions, and the lynch mob. They sought higher wages, better homes, and political rights
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The Iron Curtain as we knew it is gone.\n\nAnd yes, there still are large differences between North and South in the USA.
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Lincoln asked them to abolish slavery. The Southern Sates did not agree as that would mean losing their entire workforce which worked in their plantations and farms and were the source of their wealth and economy.\n\nFaced with no choice, the Southern States left, what followed was the Civil War.
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Well, not to be mean, \nbut its actually\n\n"railroad crossing lookout for the cars, can you spell that without any R's?"\n\nand the answer to your Q is "IT"
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The Underground Railroad wasn't actually underground. I was merely slaves escaping in the night, leaving the south heading north. It was a route that was taken and they stopped at various people's homes that made up the Underground Railroad. I hope this helps! :)
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You might be thinking of the movie "Crossing to Freedom."