The Relationship Between America And The 20th Century

The relationship between America and the government has changed drastically between the 19th century and the 20th century. It began as a power struggle with the American’s living under the hand of their government, wanting freedom from its upper hand. Over the years a progressive change in the everyday life of American’s evolved. There was no longer fear to government but a rebellion of shaping the country into something more than government ruled society. This progressivism gave Americans freedoms, shaping America into something different, a nation working towards an ultimate goal, Freedom. Unfortunately Freedom will never be a right or a finalized agreement, but instead a constant fight. America was a growing nation, while the war†¦show more content†¦America began her rein of control, she censored books and movies that were profane, knocking many of artists’ right off the shelves. Than came the draft, men were required to sign up for the draft, American’s refused to fight calling it a crime against the people. The Wilson administration created what they called public information to trick American’s in to thinking that they needed to fight for their freedom and their democracy. All of the war propaganda was sent out in every medium, war bounds were being sold in rally of support. The Twenties bought prosperity followed by turmoil to the surprised people in the United States. Economic growth soared through the roof, as mass production became available with Ford’s moving assembly line, almost half of America was able to own a car. The American dollar soon replaced the British pound; America produced most of the world’s goods. America was on a roll, she was on top and she was on fire. However not everyone in America was rejoicing with this great economic boom, almost half the population still remained in poverty, this boom in production cut many American’s out of jobs and farmer’s went out of business. Many American’s began to flee in hopes of something better. The early 1900, bought a corruption of government when Harding came into office, proposing the idea that if you had money you could get out of almost any crime imaginable. American’s began to charge against money they didn’t have, leisure