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AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

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While industralists made lots of money, their workers often didn’t, so the period was not as prosperous as it seemed. For this reason it is often called the ____

A	Great Depression
B	Gilded Age
C	Golden Age
D	Dark Age

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “Gilded Age, ” coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their 1873 book, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, was an ironic comment on the difference between a true golden age and their present time, a period of booming prosperity in the United States that created a class of the super-rich.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mark Twain called the late 19th century the “Gilded Age.” By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gilded Age was in many ways the culmination of the Industrial Revolution, when America and much of Europe shifted from an agricultural society to an industrial one. Millions of immigrants and struggling farmers arrived in cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, St.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.

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USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION