The enemy was a disease that had spread throughout the camps killing over 11,000 soldiers.
The primary reason for rapid growth of labor unions in the late 1800s was the Industrial Revolution, since this led to massive amounts of factory labor that was often dangerous for the workers involved, who had practically no rights under federal law.
<span><span /><span>a major political
unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or
peoples under a single sovereign authority;
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especially
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:one having an emperor as chief of state </span> </span> </span>
<span /><span>the territory of such a political unit </span> </span>
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<span>something resembling a political empire;
<span>
especially
<span>
:an extensive territory or enterprise under single domination or control </span> </span> </span>
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