1890 ⟶ Bicycle Craze Takes Hold in Europe and America

1890s: Bike boom sweeps Europe and America.
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🏭 Child Labor Exploitation Intensifies in Industrial Revolution

1820–1842: In the Industrial Revolution child labor was exploited more than ever, especially in cotton factories and mines.⟶
Child Labor Exploitation Intensifies in Industrial Revolution (1820)
Industrial RevolutionExploitationMiningSocial InequalityWorking ClassEconomic History
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

📉 The Long Depression Begins

1870–1890: Long Depression in Western Europe and North America.⟶
The Long Depression Begins (1870)
DepressionEconomic CrisisGlobal EconomyIndustrial RevolutionCapitalismTradeRecession
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited KingdomGermanyGermanyFranceFranceCanadaCanadaItalyItalyAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary

🚲 Bicycle Craze Takes Hold in Europe and America

1890s: Bike boom sweeps Europe and America.⟶
Bicycle Craze Takes Hold in Europe and America (1890)
TransportationCyclingSocial ChangeRecreationConsumerismLeisureUrbanization
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFranceGermanyGermanyItalyItaly

🏐 Volleyball's Invention

Volleyball is invented.⟶
Volleyball's Invention (1895)
SportsGamesRecreationSocial HistoryLeisure
United StatesUnited States

✊ Widespread Protests Across the United States, Europe, and Latin America

January – March: Protests erupt in the United States, Europe and Latin America.⟶
Widespread Protests Across the United States, Europe, and Latin America (1968)
ProtestsSocial MovementsStudent MovementsCivil Rights MovementAnti-War MovementPolitical ActivismCultural RevolutionActivism
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