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#Gilded Age

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People (9)
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-born steel magnate and America's greatest philanthropist
Benjamin Harrison
23rd President of the United States, 1889–1893
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States, 1923–1929
Chester A. Arthur
21st President of the United States, the machine politician who became an unlikely reformer
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The railroad and shipping baron who built the template for American monopoly capitalism
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States
J.P. Morgan
Banker, Financier, and Architect of American Industrial Power
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of Standard Oil and the wealthiest private citizen in American history
Mark Twain
The Mississippi River humorist who became America's sharpest social critic
Events (3)
Edison's Incandescent Light Bulb
The 1879 Menlo Park demonstration that ended the gaslight era
Invention of the Telephone
The 1876 breakthrough that let the human voice travel by wire
World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago's 1893 "White City" and the showcase of an industrial America
Concepts (1)
Social Darwinism
The Gilded Age ideology that dressed inequality in the language of natural law
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Politics 123 Economy 109 Civil Rights 107 Military 99 Presidency 93 Founding Era 84 Law & Justice 82 Foreign Policy 76 Race 73 Reform 62 Civil War 59 Protest 58 Cold War 57 Westward Expansion 57 Slavery 53 Science & Technology 53 Industry 52 Constitution 51 War 49 Revolution 49 Women 45 Modern America 44 Indigenous 40 Arts & Culture 36 Diplomacy 34 Media & Press 31 Immigration 28 World War II 28 Labor 25 Supreme Court 25 Religion 24 Environment 23 Exploration 23 Disaster 22 Congress 22 Reconstruction 21 Progressive Era 21 Abolition 20 Assassination 15 Gilded Age 13 Finance 13 Colonial America 13 Public Health 12 Education 10 Democracy 8 Sports 8 World War I 7 Suffrage 7 Corruption 7 Prohibition 1