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US History 1st Semester Exam
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Gilded Age
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From the 1870s to about 1900. The term was coined (created) by writer Mark Twain in "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" (1873), which satirized (made fun of) an era of serious problems masked by a thin gold gilding.
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Gilded Age
From the 1870s to about 1900. The term was coined (created) by writer Mark Twain in "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" (1873), which satirized (made fun of) an era of serious problems masked by a thin gold gilding.
Progressive Era
Time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically.
Populist Party
a national third party representing laborers, farmers, and industrial workers.
muckrakers
group of investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists - worked to expose the abuses of industry and expose corruption in all levels of government.
imperialism
a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
