Terrible due to Britain occupation and disease
<em>Basically the text is explaining that the way Americans level of skill made them unequaled to the rest of the world (mind, that is not a fact because there was a large share of well-working people in the world in this time) . Also it explains that American brain and ability to construct (why is this entire article just bragging about Americans being so much better when that's not 100% true?) was one of the most economic boosting things and they were very productive for that timeframe.</em>
<em>That's my best understanding of the article. (Scholastic really likes to brag about Americans, huh?)</em>
<em>-Northstar</em>
<span>Booker T. Washington publicly put forth his philosophy on race relations in a speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, known as the "Atlanta Compromise." In his speech, Washington stated that African Americans should accept being black and social segregation as long as whites allow them economic progress, educational opportunity and justice in the courts</span>
