How Did The Gilded Age Affect The Economy During The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age took place in America between the 1870s and 1890s. America was in an era of greed and political corruption. Wealthy people were spending wild amounts of money, throwing it as businesses to buy them out. Political campaigns during the Gilded Age were purely entertainment. Rich people were buying their way up the governmental ladder. Social Darwinism was present during the Gilded Age, meaning survival of the fittest. Although many of the wealthy men were not physically fit, they were so strong financial that they could completely overshadow real politics. The lower-class felt the most impact from the Gilded Age. The rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer. ***
3. As a reporter covering the strike at the Homestead Mill, I would say that Frick and Carnegie are Robber Barons. Although they claim to be Captains of Industry, creating jobs and invigorating the economy, they take and take and take. Carnegie and Frick eliminate all
My family immigrated from Germany to Ohio in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Because my family already spoke English, they tried to assimilate as best they could. Although they had very thick German accents, the dressed and worked in a very similar way. When she arrived at Ellis Island, my great-great-great-great grandmother's last name was Malfeshnekor, which was changed to Mahler. The Mahler's found a small town in Ohio to live in before the next generation spread across the country. There were mostly German and Scandinavian people there, so they could try to save as much of their German culture as they could. The Mahlers both assimilated and acculturated. Acculturate means to change so that you become mostly like people from a different culture, and assimilate means to take in and resemble another culture completely. Mae Mahler was a working girl in the 1890s. She had her first child at 14, and needed work. Many generations have come and gone since then, but I am still close to all of my German