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bigger, which represents both the forward growth of America through industry and the movement of a city. Not only however does the change in size of the number 5 signify the growth of industry, but it also resembles the growth of the American economy. The American currency, which had been backed up by both gold and silver before 1873, was for a while after the Crime of 1873 only gold. However, an achievement while the progressives were in government was to get silver back into the currency. After that industry, big business and trade helped to increase the American economy into something that it had never been, while both silver and gold act as the currency. The grey in this work represents silver while the grey and the gold number 5 join together to create the picture. This

painting depicts the greatness and importance of American cities as well. Interestingly, the artist, Charles Demuth, created this work inspired by the poet William Carlos Williams. These fact models the growing importance for art and literature that America felt would help raise its poor socially and economically. The painting as a whole embodies the greatness of American life.