Michaela Brown Mr. Dean US II Honors November 12, 2014 Gilded Age Mark Twain coined the term “Gilded Age” to describe the decades of the late 1800’s. The term gilded age means the time of the wealthy and privileged. Mark Twain characterized American civilization as cheap and flaws at its core. I believe Mark Twain described America this way because of the tragedy of the plain indians, immigration, and the rise of big businesses. Beginning in the 1860’s a conflict arose as the government began to
the nation had recently freed itself from obligations to the Reconstruction. The government’s attention and resources could be now focus fully on capitalizing off of the Industrial Revolution's success. The Gilded age was born out of the Industrial Revolution’s advancements and it was an age noted for profound economic, technological and industrial growth. American had emerged as the top industrialized
Cassandra L. Graham Student ID: 0230562 Professor Brian McCormack United States Since 1877 8 October 2014 Subjugation of Social Groups during Industrialization and the Gilded Age Industrialization is defined as a time of social and economic change in which traditionally agrarian societies transform into industrial empires. With rapid expansion of industrial growth in America, many groups became adversely affected. These groups included, but are not limited to, those of Native American descent, farmers