Actually, during that period, the average American made huge gains in their standard of living and wealth. Bigger gains than any other period of American history. But virtually every history class vilifies the wealth creators as inhuman beasts whose greed caused incredible hardships for the common people.
In his “History of the American People” Paul Johnson writes along these lines, pointing out the large increases in wealth and other measures of well-being of the common man during this time and concludes the section with “Where was the robbing?”
Yep. The leftists have control of our education system and our media, so it is very hard to get the truth out. Is there any source or website out there for kids to learn real history? We need a conservative kids site. I need something I can rebut the “education” my kids are getting.