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But after the Revolutionary war ended the new Nation had to make a new framework for a nation. With the diversity of people form north to south and the difference in views on how this nation should be run made it difficult to establish how this nation would be set into stone. First they had to decide on what type of government if they were going to have either a monarchy or a republic government, even though there was some people that wanted the new government to be a monarchy still the majority was in favor of a republic government. To setup the government they had to have what was called the Constitutional Convention. In this meeting of 55 delegate diversity showed greatly in the states they represented. Some represented large state with a large population, and some with states with small area and population. The other major thing that diversified the states was the southern states that were for slavery and the northern states that didn’t rely on slavery as much. The first thing proposed was the Virginia plan. This proposed a government with three branches of the government which was decided would be the best situation but then they had to decide on how the house and the senate would be represented. The Virginia plan called for representation with population. This was deadly for the small states so they setup there own plan called the New jersey plan. This was voted against after many days of debate. The diversity of the states becomes very apparent at this stage of the constitutional congress because neither side of the argument seems to back down from there views. It became so fierce of an argument that they were afraid of fighting between delegates. So finally they proposed that the house be based on population and the senate be based equally. This was passed by a five to four vote. This was called “the Great Compromise”. But the still had the a big argument on if the south would be allowed to count a slave as a person of the population. The north states saw it as if you don’t think of a slave as a human then why should you count them as apart of your population. The south states new that they would be at a great disadvantage if a good majority of their population were not counted as people. So the north and south argued over the different views on slavery then finally the north decided on a three-fifths of a person per salve, because they thought slavery would die out in time and it wouldn’t be a problem. The diversity between each state became a very big problem but it was partly settle in the constitution and in time as the new government was forged.

I believe that the Civil was one of the greatest examples of diversity in our nation short existents. The conflict of diversity between blacks and whites, abolitionists and slave traders , and north and south. By this time blacks new nothing of what freedom was like for there ancestors, all they knew was the stories told from generation to generation through story telling and song. By 1860 over 4 million African Americans lived as laboring slaves. Even though there was revolt against the white slaveholders nothing came out of except dead slaves. The whites of the south liked their lazys way of life living off of slaves that did their work. The northern states had a problem with it, so some led underground railroads to free slaves and to get them to the north. Another big problem was popular sovereignty which allowed new territories to vote on slavery. Whites from the north and south flocked to new territories such as Kansas and Nebraska , to fight for their cause either to stop the advancement of slavery or to further it. With the election of the minority North President Lincoln an abolitionist this caused the south to vote on seceding from the nation. The vote passed unanimously for which 7 states seceding from the union to form their own nation called Confederate States of America. At this point in history diversity was so apparent that our nation split into two because of a difference in the belief of slavery. Thus Lincoln responded saying that he would not stand for this. This was the beginning of the civil war because a difference in beliefs and life.

All along the timeline of America’s history you see diversity not only because of race but in the belief in your own way of life and that if someone wants to change it you must stand up for your way of life and your beliefs. This is seen in the north and in south, the creation of our government ,the thirteen original colonies, and of the first landing of Columbus. But this great nation called America that is referred to as “The Melting Pot” has and must be open to diversity no matter the color, the belief ,the customs, or the religion of a individual. Because this is what makes this country greatest country in THE WORLD.

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