(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

The American Gilded Age

            By the end of the 1800s, many problems in America as a result from rapid industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. One of the problem that came from the industrialization was the factory work. Most workers worked for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. They were paid by the numbers of finished products, not the time they worked. For example, they just got a few cents for a garment or a number of cigars. This is a system called piecework which means people who worked the fastest and made the most amounts of products earned the most money. They were not only working for long time but under harsh and poor conditions in a place called sweatshop. Another problem was monopoly, which means to control all phases of steel industry. In order to do monopoly, a business needed to bought its competitors out or took them out of business. The purpose of monopoly is when consumers got no places to turn for a given product, the company had the right to raise the prices. Vertical Consolidation was an example for monopoly and a process that controlled all steps used raw materials to make products. As a result, the company had lower production costs. A big company could have lower prices than its competitor and small business. This led to the smaller companies would have no chance to compete with the company that took the lead. They could not lower the prices because they did not have enough money to pay all the phases of production.
             Immigration offered many problems that left bad effects. One of them was Adapt. It was acculturation that holded on to old tradition while adapting to a new culture. The immigrants had to go to American schools not only to learn the language but also to be educated as Americans. They had to adapt the customs either. Adults worked at the factories. Political system told them who was the boss and they had to listen to that person. Religions and family structures were not changed at all.


Essays Related to The American Gilded Age

1. The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age From the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) up until the turn of the century is known as "The Gilded Age". Poked fun of because of the rampant epidemic of corruption, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner coined the term: "The Gilded Age," and began calling it that. ... During The Gilded Age massive amounts of immigrants entered the United States, and some of these immigrants gained prominent political powers. ... Near the end of the Gilded Age, the US started to become an international power. ... It was a great reinforcement of the material that we had already learned, because i...

  • Word Count: 1061
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Problems in the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants.The Gilded Age in United States history consists of the 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. ... Urbanization was also an issue in the gilded age.The Industrial Revolution changed American life forever. ... There was political corruption during the gilded age. ... The economic and political issues of the gilded age sort of overlapped. ...

  • Word Count: 525
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Progress and Problems of the Gilded Age

All that was gilded was not golden during the Gilded Age. ... The commencement of the gilded era however ran many Native Americans out of what they considered to be home. ... Pollution became a major problem during the gilded age. ... During the Gilded age, many people abused their power to profit making rich middle class and the poor even poorer. ... The change in further decimation native population, polluting nature, and creating separations between rich and poor where the results of the gilded age not being as enlightening as it may have seemed. ...

  • Word Count: 650
  • Approx Pages: 3

4. The Dark Side of the Gilded Age

All that was gilded was not golden during the Gilded Age. ... The commencement of the gilded era however ran many Native Americans out of what they considered to be home. ... Pollution became a major problem during the gilded age. ... During the Gilded Age, many people abused their power to profit making rich middle class and the poor even poorer. ... The change in further decimation native population, polluting nature, and creating separations between rich and poor where the results of the gilded age not being as enlightening as it may have seemed. ...

  • Word Count: 706
  • Approx Pages: 3

5. Events of the Gilded Age

The term "Gilded Age" was actually coined by Mark Twain who satire the Gilded Age with a Golden Age. Politically, economically and socially the Gilded Age was truly a "Gilded Age". ... The Gilded Age saw the rise of Andrew Carnegie, John D. ... Labor Unions were also created during the Gilded Age, which added to the idea of the Gilded Age being truly "gilded". The American Federation of Labor was one of the first labor unions created in the United States. ...

  • Word Count: 827
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

6. Negative Effects of the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age politicians were largely corrupt and ineffective. Most Americans during the Gilded Age wanted political and social reform, but they strongly disagreed on what kind of reform. The Gilded Age was a time of good and bad times. However, the negative effects of the Gilded Age is tremendous. ... The Gilded Age was a difficult era in the history of the United States. ...

  • Word Count: 1390
  • Approx Pages: 6

7. The Gilded Age

"The Gilded Age" was the term used to describe this thirty-year timeframe after the civil war, which included the transformation of United States production from agricultural to industrial. ... The backlash created by this amendment triggered much change and helped spark the "Gilded Age." ... Another important amendment that helped spark change in the United States and led way to "Gilded Age," was the 15th Amendment. ... During the time of the "Gilded Age" nothing could be closer to the truth. ... With the war already creating a dividing line between Northern and Southern states, this immi...

  • Word Count: 1687
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

8. American politics in the guilded age

Cherny, American Politics in the Gilded Age (1997) By Charles Coleman American politics in the late nineteenth century, also known as the "Gilded Age," has been the basis for the United States political ideologies from then till now. In the book, American Politics in the Gilded Age, the author, Robert Cherny, aims to provide his readers adequate proof and insight on what historian's today are saying about the central themes and aspects of the American past. Cherny illustrates everything from politics, diplomacy, economy, society, mores, and values to gear readers towards disting...

  • Word Count: 1239
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. Robber Barons of the Gilded Age

Here Andrew Carnegie, a famous steel industry tycoon of the Gilded Age, suggests industrial growth and the accumulation of wealth would begin the process of building a better America. ... Although this time in American history is seen as a period of enormous economical, political, and social growth, the Gilded Age was not always met with such eagerness. ... Gilded Age robber barons such as Jay Gould, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. ... During the Gilded Age, America adopted the laissez-faire policy of capitalism. ... Rockefeller was the single most corrupt robber baron during the Gilded Age. ...

  • Word Count: 1703
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

10. America and the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was a period of American prosperity. ... During this time he became the richest man in the world and the first American worth over a billion dollars (Mintz). ... The government developed a policy named the Homestead Act giving Americans a piece of land in the plains. ... The Gilded Age was a period of great change in America. ... With improvement in society, and business another age came, and it was called the Gilded Age....

  • Word Count: 940
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question