The Gilded Age
Mark Twain coined the term "The Gilded Age" to describe conditions in the late 1800s, when a class of very rich people reveled in ostentatious displays of wealth while downtrodden workers organized for fair wages and safe factory conditions.
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Biography of Jim Fisk, Notorious Robber Baron
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Biography of Andrew Carnegie, Steel Magnate
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Frederic Tudor
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Robber Barons
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Tammany Hall
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The Conservation Movement in America
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Did Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Start the Great Chicago Fire?
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Biography of Jacob Riis
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
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The Five Points: New York's Most Notorious Neighborhood
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The Volcanic Eruption at Krakatoa
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The Wall Street War to Control the Erie Railroad
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Financial Panics of the 19th Century
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First National Park Resulted From the Yellowstone Expedition
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Great Swindles of the 19th Century
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August Belmont