ounded upon the many ideas of the Enlightenment. Another
             large influence was the lack of neighbors. America had no worries of guarding
             and protecting its borders because there was not anyone there who could pose
             a threat. They could put all of their energies toward the creation of their
             This democratic nation was to have no aristocracy and only one
             major division between its people: the North and the South. De Tocqueville
             saw two very different attitudes in these regions. The North and the South
             had conflicting views as to how they were going to advance themselves in the
             economic and political arenas. But the introduction of slavery into labor
             was the major conflict between the two. "Slavery...dishonors labor; it introduces
             idleness into a society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and
             distress...The influence of slavery, united to the English character, explains
             the manners and the social condition of the Southern States(42)." With the
             advent of slavery, the South was creating a class system amongst themselves
             that would not exist in the other regions of the States. The few Southern
             founders were granted huge amounts of land with which to work, and instead
             of diving into the land themselves like the northerners did with their smaller
             pieces of land. They instead bought slaves and would eventually divide the
             country in a nasty dispute over their handling of affairs.
             the majority of the influences over public policy were the men in the North.
             They created the first public school system that was to be readily accessible
             to the majority of the people. The enlightened idea that every man should
             have access to knowledge was given exercise in this new nation, creating a
             highly learned society, but one that is not very intellectual. Schools teach
             specialized skills so that American can enter the work force as soon as possible,
             but gloss over any areas that...