Winesburg, Ohio | Compare and Contrast
1919: Soldiers coming back from World War I had experienced massive destruction in the age of airplanes and automation. Because American manufacturing facilities were not damaged the way those in Europe had been, the U S. economy prospered in the 1920s.
Today: After the military build-up of the 1980s created an economic crisis, running up unprecedented trade deficits, the American economy has stabilized and is enjoying prosperity without war.
1919: F. W. Woolworth died at age 67. The Woolworth chain of five-and-dime stores started in 1879 and had over...
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