Becoming Wealthy America

The dictionary defines gilded as "covered thinly in gold leaf or gold paint or wealthy and privileged"; the period between 1870 and 1900 was called the “Gilded Age” because during this era, inventions increased industrial growth, cites expanded, new jobs were becoming available, individuals’ intelligence was increasing, and everyone was becoming wealthier. During this era, one of the most important pieces of our society was created, the telephone. Created by Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone was

when America was forging an industrial society, some were becoming extremely wealthy, while some were very poor and couldn’t do anything about it. The capitalists who shaped post-Civil War industrial America should be characterized as corrupt “robber barons”. According to Document 1, while the wealthy was getting richer, the underprivileged was becoming more dependent of the rich people. This proves that the poorer class couldn’t do anything else to help themselves but to work for the wealthy, while

Everyone in America has their own American Dream. These dreams may vary from having a family or becoming a rich business person. The American dream was strongest in our country during the start of the 1920's. America was just beginning to triumph over poverty. People were becoming more successful as a country. Carrie Latet once said, "May I never wake up from the American dream." Along with Carrie, this was the wish of the vast majority of America. In 1929, the Great Depression hit and many Americans

is acknowledged. “The wealthy class is becoming more wealthy; but the poorer class is becoming more dependent” (Doc A). His writing displays the unfairness that was associated with wealthy industrialists. A small portion of wealthy businessmen were controlling all of America. This unfairness is further shown in the political cartoon The Robber Barons of Today. This cartoon published by the Granger collection highlights the plight of the poor laborers at the mercy of wealthy industrialists who control

though U. S is the land of opportunities, it seems just as impossible to achieve the American dream. The American system is controlled by the wealthy who choose, which laws to impose in the benefit for themselves and organization. The inequality between the poor and rich is so wide this makes the American dream for most Americans impossible to achieve. To be wealthy like top 1% of the Americans, you need freedom of choice, an inheritance from rich parents and work hard to achieve the American dream.

Everyone’s happiness is different, however in America, each person’s difficulty to accomplish it varies as well. Since its creation, the United States promised to be the land of equal opportunity and granted the people their basic human rights. The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness cannot be taken away from anyone in America. However, pursuit of happiness is one thing, achieving it, is another. For many, the American Dream is something that must require many sacrifices, and maybe

wealthy and were swindled into years of free labor in the freshly colonized America, by offering them “an all-expenses paid trip” to the New World. Many of these poor whites from Europe found they had been deceived by their wealthy counterparts upon arrival to America. Some were forced to work up to 5-7 years of forced labor. Later in the 1700s, more than 50,000 white men and women were shipped to the new world colonies and auctioned off as punishment for petty crimes committed in Europe, such as

Dream”. The idea of the “American Dream” first began some 12,000 years ago, when the first of many settlers stepped foot onto American soil, in hopes of becoming free, and beginning a new journey, with limitless opportunities. Now individual’s idea of the “American Dream” is much different, in the fact, that individuals now aiming to be wealthy are willing to do whatever it takes, even if that means sacrificing others or oneself's happiness along the way. The idea of the “American Dream” has drastically

Twain named the period between 1865-1900 the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age is known as a period that showed America as a country that was golden on the outside but was corrupt in reality. During the Gilded Age, America was seen as a country many people wanted to come to in order to have a better life because people had a chance to become wealthy. Once people arrived in America, they realized America was not portrayed as the country they heard great things about. The Gilded Age was also marked as an era

capitalists and wealthy manufacturers looked highly of themselves, to create an image of generosity and helping the people. However, the poorer farmers and workers reflected on poverty as a cause of the capitalists and trusts keeping all the wealth, and manipulating the industry for personal gain. As mechanization allowed the wealthy men like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J P Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt to become richer and dominate over the large population of America. Their domination