SOCI 341 Lecture 8: social inequalites ch. 4 pt. 3
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3: east tennessee had an interesting role in the civil war con ict. It has been referred to as the switzerland of america. Most voters rejected the call to reject joining the confederacy. Different economies in east, middle, and west tennessee. There were no plantations in east tennessee. Very little support for them: more on native american discrimination. Native americans in continuous warfare with white settlers that spanned about 300 years across the nation. Wounded knee - - defeat of native american ambitions of resistance in north america: could the south industrialize (become capitalist) if slaves were still slaves and not free. Assuming free workers have the choice to pick and choose work. Maybe not because slaves were consider to be more machine like than human. Focus on the political and economic system post civil war: the creation of minority status for mexican americans. Lost ownership of land but not forced to move.
