In fact it was a golden time for Large American companies to do business with Germany. Among them were IBM, General Motors, Ford and General Electric. The government may have been neutral. Industry was not. Germany was just a customer to it.
The dividing factor between<span> the </span>two first<span> political </span>parties<span>, </span>the Federalists and<span> ... </span>Democratic Republicans<span> - Loose interpretation of the Constitution.</span>