Advanced American History
Today we begin our study of the Gilded Age. Mark Twain coined the era between 1876-1914 the Gilded Age to represent the fact that the great wealth of some hid widespread problems for others. Nonetheless, this is a period of unprecedented inventiveness as the United States becomes a substantial political and economic power. Millions of new immigrants flood into America's rapidly expanding cities to provide the labor in a rapidly industrializing nation.
Assignment: Read text pages 100-106. Suggested notes questions 4,5,6.
Image of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie above courtesy colombia.edu
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