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The past one hundred years have been very interesting in the United States. The United States has advanced quicker and more progressive than any other country. It wasn't an easy journey though. Society in the beginning was harsh and uncomprimising. The zeitgeist at times was very bleak and sorrowful, but overcoming hard times is what the United States is best at. The following pages will describe how major events in our history shaped our society today and how we live. After World War I, unemployment and inflation sky rocketed. The Army discharged six hundred thousand soldiers still in training camps and Navy brought AEF soldiers home from France. The soldiers were hustled back into civilian life. This now created thousands of men with families jobless. Women who did have jobs while the men were off fighting, lost their jobs to returning soldiers. The cost of goods such as food and clothing more than doubled over prewar rates. African Americans thought that their contribution to fighting and home fronts would get them better treatment. They soon found out that nobody was too eager to offer them that. Race riots erupted in twenty six towns. There were at least