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The United States and the Caribbean, 1877–1920
Between 1877 and 1920, the United States’ relationship with the Caribbean region underwent a...
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History Times: The Industrial Revolution
A Changing Nation
The second half of the nineteenth century can be described as a time of...
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Women and the Early Industrial Revolution in the United States
The industrial revolution that transformed western Europe and the United States during the course of the nineteenth century had its origins in the introduction of power-driven...
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Iberian Roots of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1440–1640
In its broadest sense, African American history predates the history of the United...
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Waltham-Lowell System in effect
Francis Cabot Lowell opened the first factory in the United States able to convert raw cotton into cloth using power machinery.
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3.2 million unemployed
By 1930, more than 3.2 million people were unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the Stock Marked Crash of October 1929
Glossary Term – Event
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibited child labor and established a minimum wage.