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>
Generally speaking, the Civil War affected the Indian Territory in that "<span>d. Looting caused economic devastation," since the priority was being placed on protecting white troops. </span>
