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Labor Union
A labor union is an organization of workers in a trade, industry, or company that is created to represent the workers in negotiations with management over issues of pay, benefits, and working conditions. The labor union representatives negotiate with employers in a process known as collective bargaining. -
Rise of Big Business
Big business grew in the late nineteenth century when new sources of power such as the steam engine, coal, and electricity drove the machines in larger factories that organized production under one roof. Companies could now mass produce standardized goods faster and more efficiently. -
Automobile Industry
The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, repairing, and modification of motor vehicles. It is one of the world's largest industries by revenue. -
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture -
Immigration Restrictions
he Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, was a restrictive immigration law that limited the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a period of severe global economic downturn that occurred from 1929 to 1939. It was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. -
The Emu War
The Emu War was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. At the time, the United States was a neutral country in World War II. -
Rise of Consumerism
The post-World War II economy was strong, and more Americans could afford to buy the new products that were being made. The American Dream came to be associated with owning a home with modern appliances and convenience items. -
The Economic Times
The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. Owned by The Times Group, The Economic Times began publication in 1961 and it is sold in all major cities in India