The effects of the southern civil war
Uploaded by CaseyP on Feb 19, 2019
Phoenix is the capital city of the Arizona state. The city is located along Salt River that is in the southern –central part of the state. The city significantly contributes to the economy of the state since it serves as a financial, communication and transport center. The city lies on an 1165 square kilometers area and borders Mexico to the North. Additionally, the city plays a prominent role in the history of the country since it is the area in which the Southern civil war took place. The area was initially occupied by the Native Americans who were later replaced by the building of the canals. The Americans were displaced since they were found to interfere with the construction of the trenches. Therefore, there was a civil war as the Spanish and American explorers fought with the Native Americans. The Spanish and the Americans fought the Native Americans to displace them from their settlement along the Salt River. This paper aims at exploring the effects of the civil war and determine how the war contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
The Economic History of Phoenix
In the prehistory age, the city was occupied by the Native Americans who were nomads. Therefore, their economic practice was nomadic pastoralism through which they acquired food and a source of living. Eventually, the tribes left the land and left the imaginative fertile land without particular occupants. In the year 19th century, as the Spanish and the American explored the world, they passed through the region. In the year 1857, a businessman named Jack Swilling who was a militant during the American Civil War identified the potential of the land. Swilling built canals along the ruins that were left by the Native Americans who were also known as the Hohokam . The canals were used in the irrigation system to grow crops since the land was fertile and was along a river. Hence water for irrigation was available. In the 1870s, it was proved that the town had grown and thus there was a need for it to be upgraded. In 1881, the town was adopted as a city. The South Pacific Railroad passed through the city in the 1880s. In the 1890s, the mule-drawn trams were also introduced into the city. By the end of the century, the city had evolved into a major trading center in the state.
In the early 20th century, there was...