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1 day ago · The 1910s marked the high point of Italian immigration to the United States. Over two million Italians immigrated in those years, with a total of 5.3 million between 1880 and 1920. About half returned to Italy, after working an average of five years in the U.S.
2 days ago · After 1900 and the assassination of President William McKinley, the Progressive Era brought political, business, and social reforms (e.g., new roles for and government expansion of education, higher status for women, a curtailment of corporate excesses, and modernization of many areas of government and society).
1 day ago · However, with the anti-colonial wars of the 1900s (decade) barely over, new modernizing forms of Africa nationalism began to gain strength in the early 20th century with the emergence of Pan-Africanism, as advocated by the Jamaican journalist Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) whose widely distributed newspapers demanded swift abolition of European ...
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6 days ago · From bustling streets to quiet farmlands, Queens offered a little something for everyone. Let’s take a peek into this fascinating era. While Manhattan’s skyscrapers were reaching for the clouds in the 1900s, Queens was still holding onto its rural roots. Farms dotted the landscape, supplying fresh produce to the city. Yet, change was in the ...
5 days ago · This link opens in a new window. Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 is an online collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other primary source works about the Americas, from the time of European arrival to the early 1900s.
4 days ago · Its a new century. How much do you know about the decade from 1900-1909? - test your knowledge in this quiz! (Author LIBGOV)
