Monday, December 12, 2005

MOST TRYING TIMES

Last summer I posted a survey I received from the folks at Siena College asking history professors to rank the most trying times to be alive in American history. The results have come in. My votes were pretty much right in with the consensus. It is really hard not to see the civil war era as a very difficult time to be alive.

How America’s Trying Times Add Up for 354 U.S. History Professors*:

Most Trying:
#1: The Civil War Era (55%)
#2: The Revolutionary War Era (24%)
#3: The Great Depression Era (14%)

Least Trying:
#1: The War on Terror (46%)
#2: World War I Era (33%)
#3: The Cold War Era (9%)


*Also included in the poll were the World War II and Vietnam/Cultural Revolution eras.

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