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This 10 page paper considers three questions: 1. Would American workers see themselves as better off in 1920 than they did in 1877? 2. What was the major industry that led in the industrialization efforts in this period? 3. How did this development affect minorities and women? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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see themselves as better off in 1920 than they did in 1877? 2. What was the major industry that led in the industrialization efforts in this period? 3. How did
this development affect minorities and women? Discussion The dates 1877 to 1920 are often mentioned in connection with this subject so it seems logical to figure out why they are
used as the "bookends" for the period. The beginning, 1877, is easy: its the end of Reconstruction and perhaps we can consider it as the end of the era that
is directly and closely tied to the Civil War. Thats not to say that the Civil War doesnt still have an impact on us, because it does; but the War
itself, and the period of Reconstruction that followed it, are often thought of as a sort of single unit. So 1877 begins the post-Civil War era in America, and that
comprises the Gilded Age and the Progressive Age that followed. What about 1920? Thats a little tougher, because theres no one event that we can point to and say this
is why its important. The First World War ended in November, 1918; in 1920, there was a Presidential election and Warren G. Harding, a "political hack" who had "virtually no
qualifications to be president, except that he looked like one," took office (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 669). A Republican who turned his back on the idealism of Democrat Woodrow
Wilson, Harding matched the mood of the country. Although the U.S. didnt suffer the way Europe did in WWI, the nation was nevertheless weary of "war, inflation, big government and
social dislocation" and Harding promised a "return to normalcy" (Faragher, et al, 2000, p. 669). This means, then, that we can mark 1920 as the end of the upheaval of
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