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In which decade did the United States become the world's most productive economy?
  1. 1960s
  2. 1940s
  3. 1910s
  4. 1890s
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Answer: D - The United States became the world's biggest economy in the 1890s, thanks in large part to the discovery of natural resources like oil and gold and the mass production of steel and new means of transportation. By this time, the United States was producing twice as much as the United Kingdom per year.
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