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This term is used for a person who became wealthy through dishonest means such as bribery and cheating during the gilded age?
Robber baron was the term that was used for someone who became wealthy through dishonest means during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age existed from the 1870s to roughly 1900.
What was the gilded age?
Some would say that although American society was advancing after the Civil War, in the period 1870-1900, that many problems were not resolved beneath the surface. Yes, the overall level of richness and power of the country was increasing for example, but so was the level of poverty -- and the struggle to find legal rights to defend the individual was often made difficult. Big companies and powerful writers and politicians could defend the 'American dream' (the golden part) even while others were suffering, losing their rights (such as blacks in the South) or being exploited in the workplace (what was underneath the gilding on the outside). Even though there was much corruption people were supposed to believe that with enough willpower and determination, anyone could be a success, even become wealthy, if they just tried to fit in. However, this was not really possible. Yet everyone was expected to 'buy' the story of the golden American dream anyway.Here is a little story to illustrate the idea.The Gilded Age is when things were not made with the best quality ever, at least for most people. They made it look real nice and like it was worth something. Gilded means painting on a thin layer of gold. So lets say that you got a watch in the Gilded Age. The watch would be amazing. It would look like gold and seem beautiful. But in reality the watch was cheap on the inside, tended to break, and the "gold" on the outside was just a thin layer of brass that soon rubbed off anyway. That is what the Gilded Age is. (Or imagine it as a thin layer of rich people living in the grand manner---the gold layer---and the big layer of truth beneath which was the middle class and poor who did not have those luxuries underneath the thin gilded layer.)
The National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union?
The National Farmer's Alliance and Industrial Union of America (or the Southern Farmer's Alliance) began in the 1870's and lasted until roughly 1900. It is credited with inspiring the People's Party in 1891, as well as the Colored Farmer's Alliance in 1892.
Who invented the sneaker in 1864?
It was actually in the 1870's, and the creator was Charles Goodyear. He came up with this rubber for some secret mailboxes and ended up creating rubber for shoes. He first made tennis shoes, with that rubber. Then in the 1900's keds brought out the first "quite shoe". - Brittany M S.
US as a world power in 1900?
The US was considered a world power in 1900. By 1900 America was settled. The Native Americans were no longer at war with the US. They were on reservations by this time. Oil had also been drilled in the US by 1900.
What name was given to the period 1870-1900 by the American writer mark twain?
Mark Twain described the period of the late 1800s in America as a Gilded Age (not a Golden Age) because, like base metal made to look like gold, it's superficiali culture and beauty covered corruption and crudity.
What was the era from 1865 to 1900 called?
The Gilded Age
What was the glided age When did this era take place?
In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1870 to 1900. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States.
Where were immigrants between 1870-1900 mostly from?
Asia.
What effects did the Ranching frontier have on industry during the Gilded Age 1880s-1900?
The ranching
More children than men joined the workforce from 1870 to 1900?
False
Between 1870 and 1900 a number of new nations were created from?
the ottaman empire (:
What were the reasons for the imperial expansion 1870-1900?
America's expansion in the 1900's was because European countries were expanding. America hoped to match them.
What was a major demand of farmers during the period 1870-1900?
shama shama lama
This term is used for a person who became wealthy through dishonest means such as bribery and cheating during the gilded age?
Robber baron was the term that was used for someone who became wealthy through dishonest means during the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age existed from the 1870s to roughly 1900.
The astonishing growth in urban population between 1870 and 1900 was largely the product of?
rising birthrates
When did the debate on womens fashion happen?
the late 1800's from about 1860 to the very early 1900's ... also known as the Gilded Age.
