In the era after Wold War I and before the Great Depression, American towns grew rapidly mostly because of the Second Industrial Revolution, which gave way to a rise of factories both in and around major cities in the US.
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
This kind of horrific...just a warning. Kids would be given dog tags as a sign of identification. At that time, the nuclear war was taking place. Parents would have their kids wear dog tags so that if they died, they would be able to identify the children's bodies.
The story behind the Trail of Tears. That everywhere they cried on the way, a flower grow.
I'm pretty sure it would take way too long and they wouldn't have a pattern to grab information off of.