The Minister's Black Veil: A Paradigm | Compare and Contrast

1850s: Puritanism is still a strong influence in New England life.

1999: With the influence of the Moral Majority waning, many clergyman and cultural observers debate the role of religion in politics.

1850s: Americans continue to move west. The population of the northern states exceeds the population of the south by one million. Slave-holding states seek to expand their influence in the new territories, such as California and Utah. A compromise reached in 1850 holds the peace for a decade, but slavery becomes a major and confrontational domestic issue...

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