The Gilded Age

"What are the main goals of mankind? - Become wealthy - how can we - if we can be dishonest, please tell the truth if we have to do." - Mark Twain - 1871

During the 'Golden Age', everyone was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who gained wealth celebrated it as never before. In New York, opera, theater and luxury party will consume ruling class leisure. Sherry Restaurant hosted a formal horse riding dinner at New York Riding Club. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish once hosted dinner in commemoration of her dog. This was worth $ 15,000.

I am wearing abundant diamonds, but many people wear dust cloth. In 1890, 11 million households out of the 12 million households in the country earned less than $ 1,200 per year; the average annual income of the group was $ 380, well below the poverty line. Americans in rural areas and new immigrants rushed into urban areas. This facility is dotted in the city, full of crime and filth. Americans have sewing machines, phonographs, tall buildings and even electric lights, but most people work in the shadow of poverty.

For people working at Carnegie's factory, domestic factory, and perspiration depot, the lives of millionaires are certainly outdated. In 1879, an economist pointed out that "people are generally concerned about the revolution and are meditative." At the turn of the century violent attacks and riots destroyed the country. The middle class is afraid of "revenge carnival".

Due to immediate relief, urban poor people often turn to political machinery. Early in the golden era, despite Tweed having more money in his pocket, Boss Tweed's Tamani Hall provided more services to the poor than any other municipal government in the past It was. Corruption has expanded to the highest level government. During President Ulysses S. Grant, the president and his cabinet involved credit mobilization, money conspiracy, whiskey rings and notorious salary.

Europeans are at a loss. They feel that the United States may have money and factories, but that is missing in maturity. When French Prime Minister Georges · Clemenceau visited, he said that the country moved from a barbaric stage to a decadent stage - there is no civilization between the two

Gold plating era (1870-1900) The gold plating era refers to the last part of the American industrial revolution. Although it includes rapid economic growth in the gold plating era, it also refers to unethical behaviors behind the enormous wealth accumulated by some major industrialists such as JD Rockefeller, JP. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, they came to define the gold plated era. Civil rights movement (1950 - 1960) The civil rights movement was to support the rights of African Americans primarily and end apartheid. The broader civil rights movement has spread throughout the history of the United States, but some of the most radical militants have appeared in the 1950s and 1960s. Read more: Civil rights activist

The era of gold plating was the age of American society at the end of the 19th century (about 1870-1900). The golden era is characterized by rapid economic growth and remarkable foreign wealth, covering issues such as poverty, inequality, social injustice. The phrase "golden age" was created by Mark Twain in 'The Golden Age: Today's Story' (1873) which is a satirical materialism and political corruption satire. Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900) Huntingdon is an important figure in the construction of the Pacific railroad - the central Pacific railroad is the first transcontinental railroad and is another railroad like the South Pacific. Part of the reason for his commercial success was his extensive political lobbying and bribes of politicians. When his bribery was exposed he became a symbol of greed and corruption in the railway industry. Despite defending the construction of the railroad, he became a satirical and disgusting person.

Historical Background The phrase "golden age" in the golden era comes from a book published by Mark Twain and Charles Dad Warner in 1873. This book is part of political and commercial corruption after the end of the Civil War in 1865, but this sentence is used today to explain the last three-thirds of the situation in the United States. Economically, this age is known by the development of industry. The population has changed from rural to urban areas, and the growth of urban areas is expanding the production facilities of labor. The railroad expands nationwide - The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 at Cape, Utah (Promontory). It is now possible to use materials for production and transport almost anywhere on the continent of Africa. Between 1870 and 1900, the use of coal-derived coal in the electric power industry has increased by a factor of ten, and the use of rolled iron and steel has increased twelve times.

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