Western Pennsylvania has had its troubles. After the end of the steel boom, the area decayed, unemployment was rampant — ...

The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in human history, marking the shift from agrarian societies to industrialized economies. Beginning in Great Britain in the late 18th century, this ...

How much of a contributor did the United States have regarding carbon emissions since the beginning of the Second Industrial ...

Thus, the second Morrill Act facilitated segregated education, although it also provided higher educational opportunities for African Americans who otherwise would not have had them.” Once again, ...

He points to the Second Industrial Revolution, from 1870 to 1914, as proof that tariffs work. Back then, tariffs accounted for a significant chunk of federal revenue.

The Second Industrial Revolution was spurred by inventions in machine tools—the industrial production of interchangeable parts. During this period, the United States did not produce the world’s most ...