WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Period during the civil war
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a time when they had no food
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when indians searched for gold
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when columbus searched for land
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gilded Age, the term for the period of economic boom which began after the American Civil War and ended at the turn of the century was applied to the era by historians in the 1920s, who took the term from one of Mark Twain’s lesser-known novels, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gilded Age was a period of rapid industrialization in America from 1865-1898. It was characterized by the extreme wealth of a few individuals, while many others lived in poverty. This era is often associated with political corruption and exploitation of immigrant labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Digital History. 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-4: -From the ashes of the American Civil War sprung an economic powerhouse. The factories built by the Union to defeat the Confederacy were not shut down at the war’s end. Now that the fighting was done, these factories were converted to peacetime purposes.
Detailed explanation-5: -When was The Gilded Age? The term refers to the economic boom between the Civil War, which ended in 1865, and the turn of the twentieth century.