HIS 1307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Gilded Age, Exxonmobil, Executive Order 8802
5 Dec 2020
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The north manufactured 90% of the country"s goods. Even northern agriculture had an advantage, as they took advantages of the mechanizations from the innovations. Emancipation proclamation went into effect in january 1863, delivered by lincoln. In this order, slaves in territories rebelling against the. The slaves in areas such as border states were not freed. Most african americans were republican at this time. Much of the violence directed towards blacks were coming from political motives. By 1880, the majority of the worked in non-farming jobs. By 1890, of americans worked for wages rather than farming or owning their own business. First american standard time zones, 1883, created due to the railroad. John d. rockerfeller richest man in the world (as of 2013), including bill gates. By 1920, 68% of americans lived in cities. As imigrants increased, discrimination took place as well.
