37:575:202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Master Craftsman, National Labor Union
23 Dec 2018
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Mainly agriculture (~90% of people); worked on farms. Democrats in the south were the plantation owners. Tight presidential race dems would let republicans win presidency if the troops left the south rutherford b. hayes became president. The us was not a contested land between immigrants and native americans around1880. Advance of manufacturing system that transformed the economy. Centennial exhibition in 1876 demonstrate to the world that the us has grown technologically. The end of reconstruction (1877): period post-civil war; made sure equal rights were enforced. Compromise of 1877 dems and republicans made a deal. Artisanal work - the guild system workers in different craft areas who have achieved a high level of skill. Indentured servants: many europeans around late 18th century. Poor individuals who couldn"t afford passage to the us (contractual = indenture) People"s lives tied to the weather and seasons. Agriculture in the south was mainly done by slaves pre-civil war.
