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During the Gilded Age why could African Americans not vote?

They werent allowed to vote because most men were poor, or black.


Was life difficult in the 1800?

It depends who you were, the gap between the Rich and poor were very great. The rich rarely worked and often times oversaw things like massive farms and Factories while the poor generally worked in those places.


What was the gilded age?

Some would say that although American society was advancing after the Civil War, in the period 1870-1900, that many problems were not resolved beneath the surface. Yes, the overall level of richness and power of the country was increasing for example, but so was the level of poverty -- and the struggle to find legal rights to defend the individual was often made difficult. Big companies and powerful writers and politicians could defend the 'American dream' (the golden part) even while others were suffering, losing their rights (such as blacks in the South) or being exploited in the workplace (what was underneath the gilding on the outside). Even though there was much corruption people were supposed to believe that with enough willpower and determination, anyone could be a success, even become wealthy, if they just tried to fit in. However, this was not really possible. Yet everyone was expected to 'buy' the story of the golden American dream anyway.Here is a little story to illustrate the idea.The Gilded Age is when things were not made with the best quality ever, at least for most people. They made it look real nice and like it was worth something. Gilded means painting on a thin layer of gold. So lets say that you got a watch in the Gilded Age. The watch would be amazing. It would look like gold and seem beautiful. But in reality the watch was cheap on the inside, tended to break, and the "gold" on the outside was just a thin layer of brass that soon rubbed off anyway. That is what the Gilded Age is. (Or imagine it as a thin layer of rich people living in the grand manner---the gold layer---and the big layer of truth beneath which was the middle class and poor who did not have those luxuries underneath the thin gilded layer.)


What was the goal of the French revolution?

French Revolution was a result of societal divide between the rich clergy and aristocracy and common people. Years of expensive wars and poor agricultural yields and taxation gave birth to the feelings of deprivation in population. The extravagant life styles of rich and royal enraged common people. The public wanted to get rid of monarchy and install a democratic government.


What did poor Southern whites fight to defend?

There was great variation in the reasons for fighting. As generalisations though, some of the prime reasons that poor whites fought were to defned their homeland and to maintain the Southern society that they were familiar with.

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Poor the times of the romans?

There were parallels between the later Roman Empire and modern industrial countries. There was a great divide between rich and poor. The Roman one percent controlled the wealth, and the poor had to settle for Bread and Circuses to keep them from revolting. Eventually the poor welcomed barbarian invasion over the crippling taxation and unemployment of the Roman Emperors.


What did experts believed caused the downfall of the Shang dynasty?

the great gap between rich and poor


During the gilded age people who gained their wealth by stealing from the poor were known as?

robber barons


What are Pros and Cons of The Gilded Age?

Pros:Innovation and InventionCaptains of IndustryImmigrationLabor UnionsCons:Robber BaronsImmigrationWorking ConditionsLiving conditions for the poor


Who was Jacob Riis during the Gilded Age?

a photographer in the guilded age taking pictures of poor families and suburbs


How did the gilded age affect the poor people in society?

The poor felt abused and forgotten throughout the Gilded Age. There were few labor unions and strikes were fairly unsuccessful at improving working conditions and wages. Tycoons like J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller were notorious for exploiting poor workers. If that wasn't enough, city life was impacted and ghetto-like. No cities were adequately prepared to manage trash collection or even have a proper sewage system, and the pro-business Gilded Age government often looked the other way while the poor suffered. There was a popular sentiment that poor people were lazy, therefore they deserved the conditions in which they lived.


How ict might narrow the digital divide between rich and poor countries?

because you might need change the spots before.


Why are the people in Brazil so poor?

Brazil has the 8th largest economy in the world. According to the World Bank, Brazil is a rich country, but- An extreme divide between rich and poor. Rich and poor live side-by-side in Brazil.


What made life easier during the Gilded Age?

The years between the elections of Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt have come to be known as the Gilded Age. This rich period of growth was necessary for the development of the United States into a powerful nation. Although the time was certainly easy and good for some, the economy grew at an incredible rate, creating great wealth, everyone in America did not have an easy life. While the wealthy grew wealthier, the gap between the rich and poor widened. Industrial workers and farmers were excluded from the benefits of the time. In addition, there was widespread corruption.


What reason did the Chou dynasty have to conquer the Shang Dynasty?

the great gap between the rich and poor


Experts believe.... caused the downfall of the shang dynasty?

the great gap between rich and poor


How did school life change between 1837-1901 for poor children in Great Britain?

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