A. The Economics of Slavery: In his paper on “Turnover Cost and the Distribution of Slave Labor in Anglo-America,” Hanes notes that slave labor is found more often in some economic sectors than in others. Why, according to Hanes, is slave labor especially concentrated in agriculture, mining, railroad and canal building, and in domestic service, but not in manufacturing and other urban activities?
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B. Patterns of Immigration in the 20th Century: Briefly describe the pattern of change between 1910 and 2000 in the share of the US population that was foreign born. (Did this percentage rise continuously? Did it fall continuously? Did it do something more complicated?) What were some important causes of this pattern of change in the percent foreign born during the 20th century?