Question

Why was american life marked by anxiety in the midst of early nineteenth-century prosperity?

a. because foreign movements seemed to repeatedly threaten national security
b. because cyclical depressions made that prosperity seem fleeting
c. because corrupt politicians could infringe on a person's liberties at any time?

Answer 1

American life was marked by anxiety in the midst of early nineteenth-century prosperity because cyclical depressions made that prosperity seem fleeting. Cyclic depression results from very high, focal activity in the brain's basal ganglia and deep limbic system