The American West was indeed a land of great opportunity from 1865 to 1900 in the sense that there was an abundance of land and resources available to all those willing to go west.
This is false. There were several Five Year Plans in the Soviet Union, but the original Five Year Plan was pursued by Stalin, who sought to collectivize the agricultural system in order to speed up industrialization.
<span>According to Robert McElvaine, one way the New Deal affected African Americans economically was that it it put many to work through public works projects that benefitted all. </span>
