us labor&work essay

Class Topic: Artisan Republicanism and Industrialization.

1) Define “Artisan Republicanism”

2) How did industrial production threaten the Artisan Republican ideal? (Or: why did artisans and other workers feel uneasy about these changes?)

3) How did artisans and other workers respond to these new social conditions?

4) What does it mean to be an American in 2018? How is this similar, or different from what it meant in the mid-1800s?