HIS 1005 Lecture Notes - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Reconstruction Era, Haymarket Affair
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1st textbook can get earlier version but voices of freedom get latest edition (3rd edition- bring voices of freedom to class) Freedom- shifting/dynamic but its not this or that, a lot of arguments about what it is , who gets it . 1861-1865 civil war- mainly about slavery: south- rural way of life including slavery (african) vs. north- industrial way of life, slavery is abolished. They said black people weren"t ready for freedom yet (this view didn"t change until 1960"s) The white power succeeded in getting back their racial system- new view. 1890- 2/3 of american workers are working for wages, birth of labor or working class. Slavery didn"t end with the civil war and it continued up until the. Wwii era: accomplished through the prison system. Historiography- history of history , how history changes and the perspective on things. Progressivism / progressive era- 1895-1920, things got better for labor because of political developments.
