I'm not going to pick any, but I'd agree with Lurch. The best period to look at is probably somewhere between the Civil War and the Depression.
WWII brought us to prosperity, not any antidepressant programs. We did take way too long to react to the war (and couldn't care less about the holocaust), although by that time half the world was destroyed, so maybe it was useful to us that we did take so long. It never was an American crisis, though.
Social Security was a good idea, in theory.
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| The one who thinks he will become Supreme Ruler of the Universe: BUSH! |
What do you mean
thinks?
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| In terms of how we treated the Native Americans over the course of history, we simply suck as a whole.-jay |
Yep. We suck just as bad now, too.
Grant's childhood nickname Useless stuck with him throughout his life. He was supposedly a good general, though.
It's interesting to see the choices people make when first given the right to vote. The first President following black suffrage was Grant. The first one following women's suffrage was Harding.