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homework HELP.
i dont really understand the guilded age. i know what it is, but i dont truely know. i could recite the definition but thats all. soo, if you know what that is and can explain it, or even give me another definition, that'd be greattt :)
and also, do you know any immigration policies near the guilded age? i have a few written down but i need moree. thank youuu !
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I actually love how the Wikipedia page explains the Gilded Age.
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My teacher explained it to me like this [and it truly stuck]. If you took a cheap plate [or anything, really] and covered it in a thin layer of gold, it'd look amazing, right? But underneath that it's just a plate. Nothing special.
There was all these great technological advances & industry was booming, and the wealthy were living the high life/American Dream. That's the gold coating.
Yet there's this not-so-great stuff going on [the lower-classes are suffering/working hard with long work days, dangerous working conditions, child labor, robber barons, etc. etc. That's the plate underneath that you don't see because of the "gold" covering it all.
Also on that page there's section on immigration.
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
If you need a source other than Wikipedia for a project, Google 'Chinese Exclusion Act' and you'll find 'better' sites =]. Wikipedia explains things like this in simpler terms, though, so to grasp a good understanding of a topic, I'd check there first =]
Hope I helped!
-LM
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