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The era began with Reconstruction and with the promise that blacks would not only rise up in status but be included in the nation's civic life. It opened new avenues for the working man to improve his station by starting his own business, or by moving out west to work his own farm. And it set forth the ideal that for the first time in the nation's history, rather than allowing disenfranchised slaves to count toward a given state's representation in the federal government (thereby politically empowering Southern slave-owners), each man would be accorded a single vote.
Yet by century's end, sharecropping had replaced slavery as a way to keep blacks working in penury, and the voting rights so recently granted were taken away. The industrialization of the country, which brought so much wealth to so few, left most of the rest struggling to get by as wage laborers, working for someone else in the factory or on the farm. And wealth influenced and co-opted the government at all levels, through unregulated campaign contributions, vote buying, and similar machinations.
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Definition of gilded age History of the US gilded age?
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How did the gilded age lead to the populist party?
How can we connect the gilded age to the progressive movement
Who is gilded age?
Gilded Age was the period that was roughly followed from the 1870s. The term gilded age was coined by the writers by the names of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
Political participation during the gilded age?
Political participation during the Gilded Age was extremely high.
Who created the gilded age?
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How were airplanes important to the gilded age?
There were no airplanes in 'the gilded age'.
Definition of gilded age History of the US gilded age?
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Political participation during the gilded age was?
The political participation was high. This is during the gilded age.
What was the period of industrialization between the Civil War 1861-1865 to the end of the nineteenth century in America known as?
Gilded Age
How did the gilded age lead to the populist party?
How can we connect the gilded age to the progressive movement
Who is gilded age?
Gilded Age was the period that was roughly followed from the 1870s. The term gilded age was coined by the writers by the names of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
What was the quote William Shakespeare on The Gilded Age?
Shakespeare wasn't alive during the Gilded Age.
Was William Mckinley president during the gilded age?
Yes. He was the last of the Gilded Age presidents.
Political participation during the gilded age?
Political participation during the Gilded Age was extremely high.
Who created the gilded age?
Me
What period is most closely related to the Gilded Age?
The Realism Period is most closely related to the Gilded Age.
Is it the golden age or gilded age?
It's the Golden Age
