Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker and discuss the factory system (b)What were the advantages and disadvantages?Who was left out?
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September 9, 2019Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker and discuss the factory system (b)What were the advantages and disadvantages?Who was left out?
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1 (a) Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker and discuss the factory system (b)What were the advantages and disadvantages?Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways workers responded?
2.How are workers affected by the shift from factory work to service industries today?
3.The abolitionists’ greatest achievement lay in shattering the conspiracy of silence that sought to preserve national unity by suppressing public debate over slavery. Explain how the abolitionists achieve this. How successful was the movement? Why did some northerners not support abolition?
4. Think about the debates over equality for African Americans today. What has been happening in the last few years? What are African Americans fighting for? What have they achieved so far?
