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2 days ago · e. In United States history, the Gilded Age is described as the period from about the 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era. It was named after an 1873 Mark Twain novel by historians in the 1920s who saw this interval of economic expansion as an era of materialistic excesses combined with ...
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Title card. The Gilded Age is an American historical drama...
- List of Gilded Age Mansions
Built for a Vanderbilt family heir, Biltmore is the largest...
- Extreme Poverty
Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined...
- Robber Baron (Industrialist)
1904 depiction of an acquisitive and manipulative Standard...
- The Gilded Age: a Tale of Today
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and...
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History. The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) dates use of...
- The Breakers
The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre...
- Real Wage
US net productivity compared to real wages. Real wages are...
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1 day ago · The Great Depression (1929–1939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world. It became evident after a sharp decline in stock prices in the United States, leading to a period of economic depression. [1] .
6 days ago · 19th century. An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval.
5 days ago · De opkomst van de Verenigde Staten (van oorsprong een Europese kolonie) en de Sovjet-Unie (die deels in Europa lag) en de twee wereldoorlogen verdeelden het continent in de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw grofweg in twee gescheiden economisch-politieke blokken.
5 days ago · Sindsdien nam het aandeel religieuzen jaarlijks gestaag verder af. In 2018 rekende 48% van de bevolking van 15 jaar of ouder zich tot een kerkelijke gezindte of levensbeschouwelijke groepering, in 2019 was dat 45,9% en in 2021 42%. [38] De katholieken vormen de grootste minderheidsreligie in Nederland.
5 days ago · De mechanische scheepvaart, de periode van de 19e en 20e eeuw. De geschiedenis van de zeevaart is een geschiedenis van menschelijk heldendom en martelaarschap, en de folterkamers, waarin zij, die de Goden van Ruimte en Tijd trotseerden, hun straffen moesten ondergaan, werden schepen genoemd.
1 day ago · Germany. / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383. Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in the western region of Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia [g] and the most populous member state of the European Union.
