After the end of the Civil war, the Republican party was left unchallenged in its authority over the country. It then started the process of Reconstruction of the South. This was faced by vehement opposition from the majority in the South that had supported the Confederate course. Those that supported these reforms were those that had been marginalized in the slavery system in the South. Others that supported the reforms projected to benefit from economic opportunities created by carpetbaggers looking to assert their authority in the south.
The main factor regarding the <span>United States dominating the world economy after the world war 2 was that it was a highly industrialized nation, and had not been "touched" by the war physically due to its isolation between two major oceans. </span>
Steven Spielberg's highest grossing films in the 20th century were Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park. Jaws was released in 1976 and set the highest grossing record at $193 million. By 1993, E.T. had grossed over $700 million only to be beaten by Jurassic Park that year when the dino film grossed over $900 million!
