Social Darwinism & A Three Legged Stool In my room, there lives a spider that I watched crawl in from the cracks of the wall and, within a mere day, it constructed the most beautiful web where once there had only been a barred window. I marveled at the spider's perseverance and its deter...

During the industrial revolution in the United States, tremendous economic prosperity resulted in social and political unrest. It seemed the rich were getting richer while the poor remained poor. The middle class was forged out of the industrial revolution but would be challenged at this time. ...

The end of the Civil War until the beginning of the Twentieth Century was a time of rapid, all encompassing change for the United States. New methods of industry changed the nation into one that first resembled the modern United States. Big business and commerce became the primary influences for a ...