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    The Gilded Age

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    While many Americans living during the “Gilded Age” (1865-1900) considered it a time of prosperity‚ others were not so fond. Many peoples that weren’t middle and upper class whites were being treated very poorly by both the government and by other members of society. While all Americans found their lives changed by big business and new technologies‚ others found their way of life completely altered. Particularly Native Americans‚ industrial workers and African Americans saw their entire way of life

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    AP U S History Document Based Question The years after the American Civil War have been characterized by Mark Twain and others as “The Gilded Age.” Generally‚ historians have emphasized the decline of human values‚ the low state of public morality‚ greed‚ corruption and crass materialism. Do you feel this characterization presents an accurate overall picture of the years 1865-1890? If so‚ what caused this marked departure from the past in a nation with such strong religious and moral cultural

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    The Gilded Age The purpose of this essay is to show how the Industrial Revolution of the Gilded Age contributed to increased problems in gender‚ race and class in the latter half of 19th century America. Mark Twain coined the term "The Gilded Age" between the years 1870 and 1900 America in reference to the gold gilding that became popular in the era‚ but also masked very serious social conflicts that arose across the country (Twain‚ 1996). Ultimately‚ with economic growth came wider income gaps

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    History 1302 November‚ 13‚ 2013 Thesis statement: during the gilded age there were created several documents that expressed the way the different social groups were thinking and feeling with the changes in the society. There is no doubt the gilded age was a key historic moment in the developing of the United States of America to become the place that now we know‚ during this period the economy growth thanks to the combination of certain factors such as the appearance of great businessman

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    Gilded Age Inventions

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    The 3 most important inventions from the Gilded Age are the telephone‚ the lightbulb‚ and the skyscraper. The telephone‚ created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875‚ had the ability to connect two people from a given distance together. Evolving from the human messenger and telegraph‚ the telephone improved upon those by ameliorating its speed and comprehensibility. As a result of this creation‚ people‚ today‚ can connect to each other from anywhere in the world‚ thus uniting those could never have otherwise

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    The Gilded Age 1870-1900 I. Social Darwinism Individualism and Social Darwinism shaped Americans’ attitudes toward industrial society. (The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today – Mark Twain and Charles Warner‚ why historians call it that) A. The Idea of Individualism a. Individualism – no matter how humble your origins‚ you can rise in society as far as your talents and commitment and talents will take you. (one of the strongest beliefs of the era) 1. Horatio Alger

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    Literary Elements & Style Instead of using commas to separate “doctors and generals and coaches…” Gladwell uses the word “and” to connect each occupation to the next‚ which tricks the reader into thinking that there are more occupations listed than there actually are. The same tactic is evidenced in “to shape and manage and educate…” By stressing the prevalence and importance unconscious reactions have‚ the reader will more likely believe that unconscious reactions are influential. Literary Elements

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    The Consequences of the Gilded Age The Gilded Age is the period in United States history between the 1870’s and 1900’s. The term “Gilded Age” was first written by Mark Twain. This era was called the Gilded Age because although life in the United States looked abundant with prosperity and hope‚ underneath the surface there were actually lots of poverty and corruption. One of the new characteristics the Gilded Age brought to America were new policies dealing with Native Americans. There was a great

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    garden in the transition of seasons to set a tone of sadness. He illustrates a garden with rotting flowers‚ a graveyard’s last flowers blossoming and their smell being carried to where Brother is‚ reminding him of the dead. Hurst uses the natural elements in the setting to paint a gloomy and dismal setting‚ he could have expressed what he saw and smelled from his garden in many ways‚ yet he chose to depict this garden dying. Furthermore‚ this was done to indicate the tone in this memory‚ which is

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    LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE Como Agua Para Chocolate‚ directed by Alfonso Arau‚ is a film that uses the magical realism literary element. There are many examples of this element in "Like Water for Chocolate" . Several examples are showcased throughout the film of magical realism. Most importantly‚ Tita’s recipes have weird effects on the people who consume them when people eat Tita’s foods‚ It is as if whatever emotion Tita is feeling when she cooks‚ gets made INTO her food and then that feeling

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