History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0345 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Buying on Credit
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The idea
Sellers extended credit to ordinary buyers, most famously Singer's dollar down and a dollar a week for a sewing machine.
In practice
A sewing machine cutting the work of making a shirt from fourteen hours to one.
Where people slip
Families bought sewing machines and pianos as investments in middle-class status. Unit nine shows credit buying reaching the whole country.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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