American Enterprise: The Global Era, 1970s–2010s

Grade Range: 8-12
Resource Type(s): Reference Materials
Date Posted: 3/1/2016

How does American business affect you? How and why has it changed since the United States began? Come explore stories of business men and women who have changed the world. See hundreds of intriguing objects that illustrate transformations in society. Think about how Americans have mixed capitalism and democracy, in an effort to balance individual opportunity and the common good.

In the Global Era, the United States became a nation of fewer limits, but also fewer guarantees.