The Gilded Age was a time of change, and hardly anything was changed more than America’s social landscape. With the shifting from a largely rural population to an urban one, it was only fit that American social life change with it. Thanks to the practically forced cultural mixing due to the huge amounts of immigrants arriving in the states, cultural variety flourished during this time. With this intense cultural development underway, it is only natural that most of American life changed. Specifically
America’s Gilded Age was a period of extreme social and economic reform. The shift from an agrarian-based economy to a mechanized, industrial one led to the creation of a new social hierarchy. By the late 19th Century, the industrial workforce began to replace farmers at the bottom of the social pecking order in America, as skilled labor gave way to factory assembly lines. The social elite who managed these factories used their power to suppress the workers, imparting long hours, low pay, and random
ober 8th, 2014 The Gilded Age was a time period during the early to mid-19th century that portrayed America as the home of unbridled opportunity and success; but in reality was a time of social, economic, and political controversies. A strong republican government supported by an unjust voting system existed, and the harmful effects of industrialization and urbanization were felt by the working class of America. The effects of the unregulated rise of capitalism in big businesses threatened the public
The Gilded Age was an exciting, manipulative and history changing time in our American history. It really shaped how our economy works and showed us different flaws in the industry in this point in time. Thanks to Foner, “Give Me Liberty,” and Zinn, “A Peoples History of the United States, “showed us different interpretations or view points of the gilded age. Zinn harps a lot on the inequality of the industry and how they treated workers unfairly because of there race. While Foner talks about how
The Gilded Age was a name made up by Mark twain and Charles Dudley Warner to call the late 19th century. The meaning behind the name was an age that was pretty on the surface but corrupted underneath. This age was from 1870 to 1900, and was seen as a time of greed and deception. While the Gilded Age was a horrible age it was able to transform the economy and become an urban society controlled by industrial corporations. Many factors led to the upbringing of the Gilded Age. Industrialism after the
The Gilded Age is very simply explained in a quote from Mark Twain and Charles Warner’s book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, which states, “American Society that despite its appearance of promise and prosperity is riddled with corruption and scandal.” There were many things that affected the American Society, politics, and economy. The railroad, 1896 election and the four themes of The Gilded Age all had their involvement during this part of American History. Whether or not Mark Twain’s quote is
Jacob Patterson Mr. Smith 09/21/2015 U.S. History Cattle Industry The Gilded Age was a period of time about the rich and the poor. If you were black or a woman you had no prosperity. During the gilded age, cattle ranching originallyu from Mexico came to America and became a major part of our society and economy as Americans came to depend on the beef that could easily be shipped anywhere with new railroads. As early as the 1690s the Spaniards brought in stock with their entradas. Ranching as
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 Gilded Age is nothing more but a period that symbolizes the widespread political corruption and corporate greed. After the Civil War and before the end of the nineteenth century, many Americans were not only engaged in local politics but they were also loyal to the two major political parties. Why? Because they benefited from the political parties and the political parties benefited from the American people. For example, the political parties (which operated on local levels) distributed favors
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