After the Civil War, the United States entered into a period of significant industrial growth. The first transcontinental railroad was completed. Many new inventions were

The industrial growth was fueled by waves of immigration primarily from Europe and the Orient. Thirty one million people arrived in America between 1860 and

In an ironic contradiction, contrary to the inscription on the Statute of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe

After World War I and The Russian Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks (Communists) to power in Russia, there was a very strong “Red Scare” in

As noted, economic conditions for immigrants and other workers in the late 1800s and early 1900s were very harsh. They worked 60-80 hours a week

From 1884 to 1912 about 43,000 miners died in accidents as result of management’s refusal to provide safe working conditions. Child labor was one of

The convict-lease system was a common practice in the South in the latter 1800s through the 1920s. The penal systems in the South would lease

The mining industry was not the only sector of the economy that experienced labor unrest during the first half of the 20th century. Working conditions

The most famous mill strikes of the early 20th century were the Lawrence Mill Strike in 1912 and the Marion and Gastonia Strikes of 1929.

The Almanac Singers was a New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943. They were founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete