 | Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
How we grew from a primarily agricultural nation of 4 million people to an industrial power of 300 million. |
 |  |  | How the Civil War, World War I, and World War II affected our economy. |
 |  |  | How our nation was shaped by suburbanization after World War II. |
 |  |  | What major factors affected our economic growth decade by decade from the 1920s into the new millennium. |
 |  |  | What the "new economy" is and how it differs from the "old economy." |
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