The key characteristic that marked American mainstream society during this time was "stability". America had just emerged from World War II with a great deal of economic prosperity which allowed many people to buy houses and live peacefully in suburbs.
As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called reservations<span> for American Indian groups.</span>
What Levi Strauss and Luzena Stanley Wilson had in common is that (c.) both were entrepreneurs who started successful businesses that supplied the needs of California's Gold miners.
<u>Levi Strauss was a German-American entrepreneur and the founder of the first company that manufactured blue jeans: Levi Strauss & Co</u>. As well as Luzena Stanley Wilson, Levi Strauss developed his business during the California Gold Rush. Moreover, his firm was set in San Francisco; therefore, <u>Western miners started to wear the work pants made by Levi Strauss & Co</u>. <u>Luzena Stanley Wilson</u> also supplied the needs of California's Gold miners since <u>she set up a hotel in Nevada, one of the places where miners that were becoming rich lived</u>. The hotel was called "El Dorado"; however, it burned to the ground nine months after it was opened.
July 4th 1776, is when the United States officially began. (:
