During the 19 months of the United States’ involvement in World War I, the federal government froze industrial workers’ wages to finance its military effort. After the war ended on ...

Coal mining was often a family affair with different ... The reliance on huge amounts of coal as a fuel during the Industrial Revolution has had a serious effect on the environment.

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution ... iron ore in a blast furnace fueled with coal and coke, a coal-derived fuel. As a result, iron ...

“This was the industrial revolution, right here ... the United Kingdom is barely mining coal today. Plans to open the country ...

The industrial revolution was underway and it depended ... Tutty starting working in the Glace Bay coal mines when he was 14 years old. His father had drowned and Tutty became the first in five ...