Racism blocked migrant workers
It was the Great Depression I believe
yes, America could still in fact get a large territory. They could get it by force (war), Buy the land, or a treaty. The bigger question however, is it worth doing it. If America wants to get the land by war that just adds to what the're doing in the middle east, and if it's a neighbor next to them (Canada or Mexico) the blood shead could be high because of pupulated cities. As for money or a treaty it wouln't be that much of a risk but it depends on how much money and the details of the treaty.
After <span>the Civil War was the “Rise of Industrial America, 1876 – 1900”. A lot of people could barely make ends meat so they had to have their children as young as three years old work which was extremely dangerous and gave little time for education.
Because of those, and many other reasons, Congress had to reform old child labor laws and create new laws. It had to </span><span>enforce a minimum working age and established maximum hours children could work.
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