[ealgeone]

All good points. It's good to have a working knowledge of history like this to see the trends and how they impact events.

I do think the 73 Oil Embargo and the subsequent oil shocks of the late 70s were huge as petroleum is the basis for so many things in this country.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. None of those things in my big historical sweep existed before 1900.