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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. -
Civil War
The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.The event that triggered war came at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay on April 12, 1861. Claiming this United States fort as their own, the Confederate army on that day opened fire on the federal garrison and forced it to lower the American flag in surrender. -
Haymarket Square Riot
In Chicago at Haymarket Square a bomb was thrown at the policemen attempting to break up the riot. The Policemen started shooting at the riot trying to get them to stop. it was started because the German-born were protesting of the killing of a striker by the Chicago police. -
Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike was in Homestead Pennsylvania. It pitted one of the most powerful new corporations called the Carnegie steel companies, against one of the nations strongest trade unions. Andrew Carnegie was determined to break the union. -
The Battle of Cripple Creek
Workers were fighting to win their rights. Cripple Creek became a boom town after they found gold. That's when a strong miners union started. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act alows people to work a minimum of 40 hours a week. Franklin D. Roosevelt described it as "the most far-reaching, far-sighted program for the benefits of workers ever adopted in this or any other country." The law was drafted by Senetor Hugo Black of Alabama. -
World War 2
Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the war would drag on for six deadly years until the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945. The most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths. -
Right-To-Work Law
A status in the United States that prohibites union security agreements. The people get to pick who gets part of their check. They still have to pay taxes but they dont have to pay the union. -
Nixon No Match for 200,000 Postal Workers
The Great Postal Strike of 1970 was the movement they were "standing 10 feet tall instead of groveling in the dust."They got fed up and joined together to transform both the postal sevice and their own lives forever. they were denied the freedom to bargain collectively over wages. -
Federal Mine Safety Health Act
The Mine Act holds mine operators responsible for the safety and health of miners. The safety and health standards address numerous hazards including roof falls, flammable and explosive gases, fire, electricity, equipment rollovers and maintenance, airborne contaminants, noise, and respirable dust.
