America the Prosperous

Benjamin Franklin once quoted, "No gains without pain." I feel this quote is perfect to describe the 3rd American Revolution because America is prosperous today; but where we are today, is and outcome of us going through many struggles in the late 1800's to gain the greatness we have now.
The outcome of the Civil War was won by the Union side, which decided that the way of life for us would be industry. This choice brought many drastic changes forth and eventually what we now call the "Industrial Revolution." Transformations of making items by hand slowly quickly led to new innovations and caused things to be mass-produced. This helped the productivity level to go up and make the prices go down, which put a boom on our economy. …