The Republican Party was born in North America’s Midwest in
opposition to the expansion of slavery. Republicanism emerged as the
dominant force throughout the North of the United States. The Party is
one of the two major political parties of the United States, and
reflects traditional Midwestern values of thrift, a hard work ethic,
self-reliance, democratic decision making, and religious tolerance. Judd
Lesser grew up amid the conservatism of the area.
In the
1850’s, the notion of popular sovereignty resulted in stiff abolitionist
sentiment which pitted itself stubbornly against any possibility of
another state entering the Union as pro-slavery. The dividing line of
the Ohio River between North and South became a battleground between
abolitionists and pro-slavery elements. Meanwhile, European immigrants
poured into the predominantly rural Midwest, which perched on the
beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which would see manufacturing,
retail, printing, publishing, food processing and finance dominate in
the Midwest, a dominance which continued in the youth of Judd Lesser.
The regional characteristics of the original old Northwest Territories are still evident as the legacy of the Midwest’s beginnings. Northwestern University in Illinois is a historical homage to the origins of the Midwest. The promise of the rich soil of the Midwestern Lowlands continues to drive the economy of the region, with billions of dollars in exports and generating thousands of jobs. The Midwest produces the richest farming land in the world, with consistent abundance of corn, wheat, soybeans, oats and barley, continually earning its nickname of the Nation’s Breadbasket. Judd Lesser would have felt the endless fertility of the region of his boyhood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
In the
1850’s, the notion of popular sovereignty resulted in stiff abolitionist
sentiment which pitted itself stubbornly against any possibility of
another state entering the Union as pro-slavery. The dividing line of
the Ohio River between North and South became a battleground between
abolitionists and pro-slavery elements. Meanwhile, European immigrants
poured into the predominantly rural Midwest, which perched on the
beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which would see manufacturing,
retail, printing, publishing, food processing and finance dominate in
the Midwest, a dominance which continued in the youth of Judd Lesser.The regional characteristics of the original old Northwest Territories are still evident as the legacy of the Midwest’s beginnings. Northwestern University in Illinois is a historical homage to the origins of the Midwest. The promise of the rich soil of the Midwestern Lowlands continues to drive the economy of the region, with billions of dollars in exports and generating thousands of jobs. The Midwest produces the richest farming land in the world, with consistent abundance of corn, wheat, soybeans, oats and barley, continually earning its nickname of the Nation’s Breadbasket. Judd Lesser would have felt the endless fertility of the region of his boyhood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
