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Labor Unrest in the Late 1800s

8/30/2017

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Between 1881 and 1905, there were approximately 36,757 labor strikes including over 6 million workers. 

Jay P. Dolan, The Irish Americans: A History (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008), 165. 
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A Meteorite for T.R.

8/23/2017

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On August 24, 1908, a meteorite struck the earth within 100 yards of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home while he was sleeping. 

Jim Rasenberger, America 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, The Invention of the Model T, and the Making of a Modern Nation (New York: Scibner, 2007), 184. 
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General Jackson's Martial Law

8/16/2017

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During the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson imposed martial law on the city of New Orleans in December of 1814 and put a federal district judge in jail when he attempted to stop him. 

Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (New York: Random House, 2008), 31.
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The Damages of the Detroit Riots

8/9/2017

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The five days of rioting in Detroit in July of 1967 resulted in 43 deaths and 2,000 buildings destroyed. 

G. Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot, The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s (New York: The Penguin Press, 2008), 335.

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British Convicts to the Colonies

8/2/2017

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Between 1700 and 1775, about 50,000 British convicts were sent to the thirteen colonies, which was about 17% of the white immigrants during that time.
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Kevin Phillips, 1775: A Good Year for Revolution (New York: Viking, 2012), 191.
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