History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1223 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What the Panic Did
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The idea
Three-quarters of the work force in Philadelphia was unemployed, and Thomas Jefferson nearly lost Monticello.
In practice
A former president facing the loss of his house in the same crisis that idled a city.
Where people slip
The working class suffered most and had least to fall back on, which entry 1251 returns to.
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