Americans in the early 1900's were a closely knit generation with a sense of community, morals, and obligations. They had an "instilled" set of ideals and values and their lives were very much affected by the rise of technology.

Living in America in the early part of the 1900's was a hard and trying era through such turbulent times as the Great Depression, World War I, and the Industrial Revolution. Such profound and important events happened in a relatively short amount of time. Americans were searching for an identity for their country which was still only less than 200 years old. Big Industry was on the rise slowly and Americans were starting to contend in the growing world market.

Throughout American history, people have fought for equality in any shape or form and the mid 1900's was no exception. Having gone through leaps and bounds in terms of civil rights. The 1920's to the 1940's

Automotive industries such as Ford and General Motors brought the first automobiles to the American public and inventions like the television made way for companies such as Magnavox and JVC.

During the Post War years, an ever increasing demand in military weapons research and development is conducted by many universities and is funded by the government, inventions like the hydrogen bomb and the guided missile are given top priority.

Cold war tension increases, as in the late 1940's Communism increases into Central Asia and has Americas fearing another World War.

The country was expanding at such a rate that it was hard for the economy to keep up. Importing and exporting goods was a key in economic survival for many coastal cities and a market for American products was in high demand in many countries.

December 7, 1941 was a day that changed the course of history and would plunge all Americans into war when a huge surprise attack was staged on the US Pacific Fleet by the Empire of Japan. Almost overnight the country was united in its stance against the countries of Germany and Japan. The government put

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