During the Great Depression, even workers with employment often found themselves in desperate situations.
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Huey Long
Among the critics of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal was Louisiana politician Huey Long.
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Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin’s ideas of natural selection were applied by some to society, culture, and economics. This was often used to explain and justify economic and political inequalities.
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The Populist Movement
By the 1890s, a new political force emerged which attempted to combine the interests of rural, western farmers and the industrial laborers of the cities.
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Labor Unrest
During the 1890s, an unprecedented number of strikes and labor actions shook the United States. Few were bigger than the Pullman Strike of 1893. Below are two points of view from both George Pullman and the striking workers.
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Nehru on Non-Alignment
Economic Development and Nonalignment (1956)
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The World Between Two Wars
The years between the two world wars–1919 and 1939–saw a number of crises.
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The Sadler Committee Report
The new factory manufacturing of the 19th century resulted in massive changes to the working lives of Europeans. Labor conditions were far more dangerous and strenuous than the traditional agricultural labor. In 1832, the UK Parliament held hearings (under David Sadler) to investigate abuses and concerns. Some excerpts from the testimony are below.
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Europe Encounters Africa
This 1555 account of English traders to the African kingdom of Benin provides an interesting insight into the relationship between the two cultures.
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Defending Slavery in the Old South
This 1857 article by George Fitzhugh (“The Blessings of Slavery”) was a prime example of the assertion that slavery was not a necessary evil (as many in earlier generations had believed) but rather a positive good–both for whites and the African American slaves they owned. Many writings, such as this one, appeared to counter increasing abolitionist sentiment in the US during the 1850s.