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Politics and Government in the Gilded Age: Tutorial
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Which two statements about the Gilded Age are accurate? Choose all the correct answers.
During the period from 1870-1900, most Americans experienced prosperity.
During the period from 1870-1900, the distribution of wealth among Americans became more equal.
The term Gilded Age refers to corruption in government in the period 1870-1900,
The term Gilded Age refers to the unequal distribution of wealth in the period 1870-1900.
The term Gilded Age means that gold was a source of wealth in the late nineteenth century.
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Answer:-The term gilded age refers to the corruption in government in the period 1870-1900

-The term gilded age refers to the unequal distribution of wealth in the period 1870-1900

Explanation:

The correct options are C, and D. These two statements about the Gilded Age are accurate

  • The term Gilded Age refers to corruption in government in the period 1870-1900,
  • The term Gilded Age refers to the unequal distribution of wealth in the period 1870-1900.

Who names the term gilded Age?

The phrase "Gilded Age" was first used by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their 1873 book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today as an ironic comment on the contrast between the real golden age and the present time, a time of booming prosperity in the United States that gave rise to a class of the super-rich.

Thus, Between the Civil War and World War I, there was a period known as the "Gilded Age," in which the population and economy of the United States rapidly expanded, there was a great degree of governmental corruption and corporate financial misdeeds, and many affluent people led opulent lifestyles.

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