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The Growth of American Industry
Government and Industry Both Grow. It was the Civil War, in fact, that led to the first big growth of national government, a growth that has yet showed no signs of stopping. After the Civil War too, big business began to become very powerful, and labor movements began to grow as a response to that power. Violent strikes and civil disturbances occurred every few years. Nevertheless, inexorably, the nation began to grow rich. Through the full course of American history, entrepreneurs and inventors have taken chances to make money. A free market, at least a market freer than in most other countries, supported them. The railroad, steel, oil and electrical industries grew at a phenomenal pace between 1865 and 1914. At the same time, mechanized American agriculture combined with the natural agricultural richness of the land turned the United States into the world's greatest and most efficient producer of food.
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