Garraty The American Nation Chapter 17 and 18 outline
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Chapter 17: In the Wake of War The American Common Wealth During this time period real political issues were in a sense ignored, they were not discussed greatly in the government nor were they solved by congress ?Root, Hog or Die? Following the civil war America became more materialistic People wanted to stop sacrificing for each other and be in it for themselves Wanted a laissez faire government People did not care about high up corruption as long as they were not affected Charles Darwin Theory: nature had gained a kind of inevitable progress, governed by the natural selection of those individual organisms best adapted to survive in a particular environment.