Why would an event like the one described in the headline most likely have not happened earlier in the 19th century?

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the correct answer to your question is c the factory goes out of business, causing the workers to lose their jobs.

explanation:

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.