Well the deadliest disaster in US history was in 1900, from the tropical Galveston cyclone in texas, which caused 6,000-12,000 deaths and around $28,000,000 in damage. Only 6 years later, the second deadliest disaster was the 1906 San Francisco hurricane and fire which claimed over 3,000 deaths.
Atlanta is rejected by her father because she is a girl. Purseus is humiliated by the king because he is not rich. Theseus is mocked by his peers for his drive to move the rock.
After WW1 it took a while for life to go back to normal. Everyone around this time were creating new ideas and which lead to mass production. The demand for the multitude of new product was higher then ever and they thought that they were getting somewhere. However the prosperity<span> of the 20s was not universal, many places were still dependent on farming. But everything went downhill and it led to the great depression </span>