Effects Of The Gilded Age Era

The aftermath of the civil war left the U.S in a terrible position; thus calling for the dawning of the Reconstruction era. The idea of Reconstruction was brought up by Pres. Abe Lincoln, but it was brought out by Andrew Johnson after President Lincoln was assassinated. The hopes for former slaves was lifted when the 13th-15th amendments were established and many rights for black men were created. While Southern state governments abolished slavery, they did nothing to alter the status of freedmen and women; to show, the rights once held by former slaves were taken away from them. Black men could not vote, they could not own property, and they were forced into sharecropping, which made debt highly likely. Slavery was still punishment for crimes, but the biggest punishment for crimes committed by blacks was lynching.

The rapid growth of the economy in the United States the Gilded Age generated a lot of wealth. The growth of the railroads, telegraph and later telephone lines stretching across the country created new opportunities for entrepreneurs and the people looking for work; and gave cheaper goods to consumers.

It is widely assumed that the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the United States. Though the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865 abolished slavery in the United States, remnants of it persisted. During the Reconstruction era, the federal government attempted to reconcile grievances among African-Americans. In particular, aiding former slaves who were once property in the South and now citizen protected but citizens who had inalienable rights codified in the U.S Constitution. Both the convict lease program, debt peonage system in the United States are exampled which exemplify the existence of slavery by another name. Employed readily in the American Deep South, but not exclusively as there instances in both the North and the West, numerous African-Americans found themselves in a system eerily mirroring slavery. By exploring the Gilded Age era of America, a harrowing story emerges involving African-Americans. In disenfranchising Blacks through the legal system, the American Deep South, White Southerners used forced labor to boost their states finances, aid their industrialization, and to assuage their fears concerning racial integration leading to re-subjuagation of Black Americans.

Society is considerably the unbeatable illusionist as what we want to see is not consistent to what is truly their. Sometimes when you think you are looking at the affluent with their lavish gold life,underneath that it is a counterfeit as there is a rusty iron soul which is confined by the fraudulent gold .The Gilded Age was a seamless time in history as everyone was living in new luxuries and life just seemed magnificent and majestic for what has been seen in the past decade. All of this was just a whitewash on what true society actually was which was a crumbling economy and a hidden poverty rate. What hid the genuine but poverty-stricken society was that mainstream society itself was becoming more risque and unlawful.the new culture found drinking illicit boozes and carousing with false loves more pleasurable. Due to this new culture many things were lost in this simulation of lust and a bootlegged society such as intimacy and loyalty . In the story “ The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald wrote the truth of the gilded age into his story. The effects of the gilded age are seen throughout the book in Gatsby’s mansion, Gatsby, and Daisy. As soon as the golden gleam tarnishes and the cheap metal once looking swank disappears it shows that all they want is wealth and corruption.

The Gilded Age, also known as American urbanization, led to many employment opportunities, advances in transportation and sanitation, which improved overall standard of living. All advancements that took place in The Gilded Age still effect American life today. The rapid development of the cities in the 19th century served as both a separation and togetherness factor in American political, economic and social life. Cities in the area created a wealthy cross-section of the world’s population, making the cities a diverse, metropolitan area, drawing a lot of attention to the social classes of the people surrounding. At the same time, cities drove people from completely different backgrounds to live and work together, creating unity. The never-ending inundation of immigrants from different countries including, Britain, Germany, and Mexico, created a diverse population united by sharing their determination for financial wealth, social oppression and the American Dream. As the 19th century came to an end, how did the explosion of civilization contradictorily make Americans more similar and more diverse simultaneously?

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the federal government was looking for a way to get the people motivated; motivated to work again, motivated to have a better life again, and then like an answered prayer we entered the ‘Gilded Age’. The rapid growth from 1865 to 1900 was brought on by the availability of money and resources. With entrepreneurs willing to take a risk with this money and new resources, extraordinary growth arose. Railroads were evolving everywhere and as a result the Steel industry started to rise. With this economic boom all people, especially the federal government, sought after means to sustain this sudden increase in the market. The United States government came up with a plan to promote industrial development

The Gilded Age was characterized by rapid industrialization, reconstruction, ruthless pursuit of profit, government, corruption, and vulgarity (Cashman 1). After the Civil War, America was beginning to regroup as a nation. There were many other changes developing in the country. Industrialization was taking over the formerly agricultural country. The nation’s government was also in great conflict (Foner 20). Many changes occurred during the Gilded Age. These changes affected farmers, labor, business, and politics.

The Gilded Age was a very special time for our nation that took place from the 1870s to around 1900. During this time, economic growth was at a rapid increase, politics were corrupted yet had high turnouts, and urbanization flourished. Every aspect of the life of an American changed drastically throughout this time of the Gilded Age. The entire era was focused on the enormous changes that each aspect of America was going through. As this is brought to attention, if we are to look into the way that America is in our time of today, we can find that there are many similarities to that of the original Gilded Age. The United States of America have currently found themselves to be experiencing the second era of the Gilded Age throughout the areas of economic, politic and social transformation.

The effects of the Gilded Age were substantial. The population in San Francisco grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. Roads, churches, schools, and other towns were built throughout California, and the flood of instant wealth created a mountain of work for not only the local people, but also for immigrants. So, the Gilded Age brought about many positive changes in California. Even through, American government is blaming the new immigrants of overpopulating the nation, and for being the cause to all of the negative events that occurred, but it was the age of robber barons and the corporate exploitation of workers, and the divide between rich and poor was enormous. I believe "The Gilded Age" is a reference to how gilded objects look like gold, but the gold rubs off when touched, much like the increased industrialization of the country looked like a good thing, but had dark consequences, like discrimination. Before the Gilded Age, most of the newly arrived to the California territory were Americans, but tons of gold attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and eventually China, who came to work. Those immigrants came to America for wealth, and avoided turmoil in their countries, but they also had to face low wages and discrimination from local people. In order to stay in America, they lived in the most terrible environments，and learned to live and suffer through such unfair treatment.

After the Civil War, the Second American Industrial Revolution or Gilded Age made the Americans the most industrialized people in the world. This economic phenomenon was unprecedented in history. There were several factors that led the American economic prowess and prosperity. The Americans were blessed with natural resources and a liberal immigration policy to ensure steady work force. Yet, the most important factors were technological innovation and entrepreneurial ability.

The era after the Reconstruction, in the late 1800s, was referred as the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was an ironic term coined by Mark Twain. Mark Twain, an American author and humorist, used the expression term Gilded Age to describe how the society was like a cheap metal that is gold plated, it look shiny and beautiful on the outside but deep inside it was all rotten and fake. The Gilded Age occurred in the United States, it lasted from the late 1870s to the 1900s. It was an era full of tremendous growth, wealth and innovation. All over the world, people saw America as a thriving country and a land full of endless opportunities. Although America was seen as a flourish country, beneath all, it was a country full of political crisis, economical

Around the start of the 20th century, America partook in a great period of reform known as the Progressive Era. The government’s previous laissez-faire approach in the Gilded Age gave way to massive urbanization and industrialization, and with it came a terrible deterioration of the middle and working classes. Efforts to remedy the different effects of ruthless capitalism collectively formed the Progressive Movement. Led by reform-oriented presidents, the nation aimed at making government more democratic, and managed the effect big business had on the people. Although the economic and social reforms of the Progressive Era successfully addressed the issues of the Gilded Age, as seen by increased regulation of business and the government’s heavy

The Gilded Age in the United States took place in the late 19th century, from the 1870’s to about 1900. The Gilded Age provided a very welcome boom in economic growth after the Civil War. Modern industrialization brought with it the railroads and many factories which helped boost wages by a staggering amount which helped contribute to a large divide between the wealthy and the poor. During this time an author by the name of William Graham Sumner wrote an essay for general public consumption. Mr. Sumner was a social sciences professor at Yale and was an avid believer in Social Darwinism.

The term Gilded Age, coined by Mark Twain, refers to roughly the final thirty years of the nineteenth century. In assessing whether this era failed to deal with the critical economic and social issues of the time, one must assess the impact of any legislation or political movements. Economically, the era brought weak legislation to combat monopolies and the failed free silver movement. Socially, the era brought poor labor conditions and xenophobia. Thus, the Gilded Age did, in fact, fail to deal with the critical economic and social issues of the

From the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century many economic changes occurred, from booms to busts, but all effected minorities less favorably.