There were a lot of Native American tribes, so societies had a tribal focus.
They didn't care much about wealth or capitalism. All that mattered to them was making sure they kept themselves alive.
Then the Europeans came and ruined all of that.
African Americans wound uP in dirTy, backbreaking, unskilled, and lowpaying occupations. These were the least desirable jobs in most industries, but the ones employers felt best suited their workers. More than eight of every ten African American men worked as unskilled laborers in foundries, in the building trades, in meat-packing companies, on the railroads, or as servants, <span>porters.</span>
