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Mark Twain wrote of the Gilded Age, a time of enormous wealth accumulated by a few. Their success spread a gleaming gold leaf over American society. Beneath that veneer, however, lay the pervasive misery of the working classes.
Clearly the dominant figures of postwar American capitalism were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont Morgan.
A second tier of wealthy and unscrupulous businessmen were well-known in their day, but are less so today. These include Daniel Drew, James Fisk and Jay Gould.
With notable exceptions such as Carnegie, the wealthy elite cared little for the masses. They were on a mission to build a new society and no price was too high to pay for progress.
The Gilded Age
It saw the closing of the Western frontier. Between 1865 and the 1890s, Americans settled 430 million acres in the Far West--more land than during the preceding 250 years of American history. But to open lands west of the Mississippi River to ...
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The Gilded Age
... of American History> Gilded Age The Gilded Age Discover the opulence of the Gilded Age and issues that led to the progressive reformers. Articles & ResourcesSort By : Guide Picks | Alphabetical | Recent Tammany HallLearn about the world of ...
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100th performance of "The Gilded Age"
... soil, has centered round the production of "The Gilded Age," and the success of the play has been a cause of general gratification. Since its first recital, the piece has received every evidence of public appreciation, and the quaint ...
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