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Samuel Slater establishes first factory in America, based on the textile manufacturing techniques in England
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Oliver Evans develops high-pressure steam engine.
This steam engine was highly adaptable to fit a number of industrial purposes, and increased the demand for iron and steel. -
William B. Hard writes the article "Making Steel and Killing Men", raising public awareness of frightnening working conditions for steel laborers.
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West Virginia's Coal Wars begin, leading to raised awareness of the miners' poor working conditions and salaries.
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Stock market "crash" begins, Black Thursday
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Stock prices plumment and banks begin to recall loans.
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Thomas Hart Benton paints The Steel Mill
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More than 3.2 million Americans are unemployed.
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Clare Leighton creates the wood carving entitled Breadline, New York
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Breadlines waiting for soup kitchens appear.
In the absence of substantial government relief programs, free food was distributed by churches and charities in some urban centers to lines of unemplyed Americans. -
Thomas Hart Benton creates the lithograph Strike (Mine Strike)
