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Industrialization and urbanization began long before the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it accelerated greatly during this period because of technological innovations, social changes, and a political system increasingly apt to favor economic growth beyond any other concern.
Overview. The early 20th century was an era of business expansion and progressive reform in the United States. The progressives, as they called themselves, worked to make American society a better and safer place in which to live. They tried to make big business more responsible through regulations of various kinds.
Beginning at the end of the 19th century, with the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the Boxer Rebellion, the United States began to play a more prominent role in the world beyond the North American continent.
States in the early 20th century. The United States at the start of the 20th Century Between 1850-1914, 40 million people emigrated to the USA. For most the journey was hard and consisted of two weeks in the cheapest class of travel with little or no privacy.
Jan 1, 2000 · Twenty centuries after the year 1 brings us to 1901, which puts the beginning of the twentieth century on January 1, 1901. This also means that twenty-first century actually begins on January 1, 2001.
The North’s urban centers, like Harlem, saw dramatic increases in black population between 1910 and 1920—65% in New York, 150% in Chicago and over 600% in Detroit.
Dec 21, 2018 · 1880: As America begins a rapid period of industrialization and urbanization, a second immigration boom begins. Between 1880 and 1920, more than 20 million immigrants arrive. Between 1880 and...
