The Bank of the U.S. controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. ... Many families stopped raising all of their own food, and spinning their own wool. ... Turnpikes and steamboats were first used to make traveling faster and cheaper. ... It was fast, reliable, cheaper than canals to build, and not stopping in winter. ... Many farmers in New England had to move west due to the cheaper prices of food coming in. ...

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The United Nation's describe as part of the Rights of the Child that children should be "protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development... Factory profits had boosted the economy, and more food was available, both of which helped the population with increased health care. ... Instead, factures built long sheds near fast moving streams to power the machines. ... A child lucky enough to es...

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• Grade Level: High School

These decisions destroyed the effectiveness of the nation's early labor unions. ... Once the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal and steel, of engines and fast communications. ... The nation had been in the grip of a severe depression for four years. ...

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• Grade Level: High School