Indiana sent food to help soldiers during the Civil War (1861-1865), but not much fighting occurred near Indiana. There were several inventions that led to new industries during this time. Richard Gatling of Indianapolis invented the machine gun in 1862. In 1885, the first gasoline pump was ...
None-theless, nativism surged in Indiana after World War I. For example, the United StatesArmy had collected data from soldiers entering its ranks during that war and found that while northern Europeans scored “almost as well as native whites...[soldiers who were] black, ...and soldiers ...