Best/Worst Decade in American History

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OK, you're history major, and for two months you get to pick a decade and research the [censored] out of it.

1. Which decade would you pick?

2. Which decade would immediately be stricken from the list?

Note: This is all post-~1750, let's say.

Offhand I'll say the worst is the 1880s.

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1) Dunno

2) 1820s-30s