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It was a period of various economic depressions and corruption. The term was coined by Mark Twain, and it refers to a gilt metal: it is gold on the outside (beautiful), but if you dig a little deeper you find what truly lies beneath (hideous).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoMark Twain came up with the term "Gilded Age": dazzling on the surface, base metal below. The time was all about wealth and appearance. Underneath the surface you see corruption and filth. It was a time of reform and growth as well as peoples' own ambition to have the true American Dream.
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∙ 12y agoGilded ages are largely imagined.
Certain periods of history were highly favourable to particular groups.
The Titanic belongs to a period that is easy to glamorise in retrospect, because it came just before the devastation of World War I, which put an end to that whole way of life.
We are encouraged to believe that it was a good time to be at the top. But letters and memoirs from that period confirm that people at the top felt that they had a good deal to complain about.
It was actually the heyday of the middle class, rather than the upper class - a very good time to have a secondary education, and your own house and car, your first telephone, your first fridge. Those were the people who were saying "What a time to be alive."
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Why did they call the Titanic the Titanic?
BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What was the last port of call of the Titanic before Queensland?
Titanic's last port-of-call before Queensland was in Cherbourg, France.
What was the Titanic's radio call sign?
Titanic didn't have radio - she had a wireless telegraph.
What was the departure country of the Titanic?
Titanic departed from Southampton, England.
Who replied to the Titanic's distress call?
The Carpathia.
What do you call churches built in the middle ages?
Cathedrals
What do you call the very large churches built during the middle ages?
Cathedral.
What did you call the Titanic's captain?
You would call the Titanic's captain, 'Captain.'
Why did they call the Titanic the Titanic?
BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What do you call the Captain of the Titanic?
The Captain of Titanic was Edward John Smith.
What was the universal distress call for help in 1912 on the titanic?
SOS, but the Titanic also used the CQD distress call.
What was the last port of call of the Titanic before Queensland?
Titanic's last port-of-call before Queensland was in Cherbourg, France.
What was the Titanic's radio call sign?
Titanic didn't have radio - she had a wireless telegraph.
What was the departure country of the Titanic?
Titanic departed from Southampton, England.
What did they call the Titanic?
its called the titanic becasue Titanic means big and tough and its undescructable. its called the titanic becasue Titanic means big and tough and its undescructable.
Why did they call the titanic the ghost of the ancient times?
Titanic was not called the Ghost of the Ancient Times.
Did people call Titanic unsinkable?
yes
