10/08/2015 · What Happened in America in the 1890s The 1890's were a time of financial struggles and economic depression, but it was also a time of hope. Immigrants streamed through the halls of Ellis Island in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.

Greater scale and militancy in labour organization, clearly apparent by the late 1880s, drew forth a corresponding response from employers, leading to major confrontations in the early 1890s. The first was the great maritime strike of 1890, involving seamen and wharf labourers in both Australia and New Zealand and also extending to shearers and coal miners.

A wave of heresy accusations and trials punctuated the late 1880s and the 1890s, contributing to a growing sense of polarization within American Protestantism. The Presbyterian Church, which was firmly committed to Calvinist creeds and traditions, emerged as a particular battleground.

What happened in Australia in the late 1880s and 1890s. In late 1890 a massive national maritime strike erupted when employers refused to negotiate: the strikers on ships and the waterfront were supported by coal miners, transport and agricultural workers. A six month shearer's strike followed, beginning in Queensland in January 1891 when pastoralists cut wages and employed …

Imperialism was the key word of the 1890s, just as Home Rule had been in the critical decade of the 1880s, and the cause of empire was associated not merely with the economic interests of businessmen looking for materials and markets and the enthusiasm of crowds excited by the adventure of empire but also with the traditional lustre of the crown. Disraeli had emphasized …