THE GILDED AGE: 1869-1889 - Gwendolyn Brooks College ...

THE GILDED AGE: 1869-1889 Themes of the Gilded Age: 1. Industrialism: U.S. became the world’s most powerful economy by 1890s: railroads, steel, oil, electricity, banking – America was transformed from an agrarian nation to an urban nation between 1865 and 1920. 2. ................
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