The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. they weren't only equal before god and the law. they were equal every which way. nobody was smarter than anybody else. nobody was better looking than anybody else. nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. all this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the united states handicapper general. —"harrison bergeron," kurt vonnegut copyright 1961, by kurt vonnegut jr. vonnegut wrote this story in 1961. why did he describe a society 120 years in the future? a future setting distances vonnegut's audience from the story and minimizes the risk of offending readers. a future setting allows for a sharp contrast between present-day society and the future. a future setting provides a warning of what could happen if present-day society does not address a problem.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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it made them more prductive and efficent but with the change of polcies less and les got into the navy