Category: Gilded Age

The Knights of Labor as a Good Example of a Labor Union in the Gilded Age The Gilded Age was a period that spanned the last three decades of the 19th century and started from the end of the Civil War in 1865 leading up to 1900. The Gilded Age saw the United States enter…

Major Transition Events from the 19th Century to the 20th and Their Influence on the Formation of Basic Civil Liberties and Values The transition of the 19th to the 20th century played an integral period in which a rollercoaster of events took place that shaped the modern political spectrum, the formation, and innovation of new…

The Rich People of the Gilded Age and the Social Consequences of Their Wealth From the readings, we are taken through the different opinions on the characterizations of rich people and the social consequences of their wealth by three well-known contributors during this time. Henry Lloyd, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry George all had very contrasting…