Changes in the United States Between 1865 to the Present Day
Vast changes took place in the United States after the Civil War to the early twentieth century. This essay will try to list some of these changes and attempt to explain them. ... The rise of The United States to a world power was due in part to some of these radical changes. The inverse is also true: Some of these changes were due also in part to the meteoric growth of the nation in these years. ... Immigration to the United States soared during this period. ... After the Civil War, the constitutional power shifted from the States to Federal Government. ... These are but a few of the many changes during the American Industrial Revolution. From the agrarian nation that watched helplessly as the British burned the White House, the United States was developing into the most powerful nation; economically, militarily and culturally, that this planet has ever produced.