... important racial decisions led to the Civil Rights Movement. Economically and socially, America was better than it had been in years. The economy was booming, unemployment rate dropped to 5% or less for the decade. This was much lower than the 15- 25% unemployment rate that had occurred five to ten years before, during the Great Depression. Government spending, which had ended the Great Depression in the 1940s, continued to stimulate ... . Families went to church together, went on vacations, watched television, and attended baseball games- as a family. It was during this time of "familie...

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... different from New England in that most of the region had fertile soil well suited for farming grain and wheat. These became the bread basket of the colonies. Selling their excess grain from ports such as New York City and Philadelphia, tenant farmers made enough money to eventually buy land. During King Georges War, Middle colonies made tremendous profit selling needed ... grain for the British and colonial troops that fought in the Caribbean. After the conflict, poor grain crops in Europe made Middle colonies grain even more expensive, reaping bigger profits for farmers ... . In conclu...

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... in cities such as Cincinnati and St.Louis. New European Immigrants. In 1861 to 1865 immigration declined during the U.S. Civil War, it then increased again once more in 1870 when the war was pretty much over and done with. Up until the 1880's, immigrants have been coming to America either from the northern or western part of Europe. Another great wave began to arrive around 1890, consisting mainly ... it. Congress passed the quota Act, which limited yearly immigration from any country to three percent of the number of persons of that nationality living in the United States in 1910. The ...

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