The growth of industries in America started in the earlier 1800s and continued all through to the civil wars. After the war was over, the industries in America had become small, and labor remained widely but limited the production of more products.
Many businesses operated in small companies because lacked enough capital to expand. The American industry changed drastically after the war due to the introduction of machines that replaced manual labor, thus increase production. Investors also improved and expanded their operations.
Immigrants were taken from their ships to be processed at Ellis Island before they could enter the country. About 12 million immigrants would pass through Ellis Island during the time of its operation, from 1892 to 1954. Many of them were from Southern and Eastern Europe.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany.
