Mark Twain-1871 Andrew Carnegie, 1910. Library of Congress During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before.

The Gilded Age years didn’t emerge out of the blue. They were the result of years of hard work and economic sacrifices dating back to the end of the Civil War, during which America had suspended the ...

dynamic landscape of New York City in the Gilded Age By Jack Tchen as told to American Experience Leading up to and during the Gilded Age, New York City begins to define itself along its spine ...

The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax competition. That economy boomed. From 1870 to 1913, America’s ...

Just about everything old looks new again inside Lambert Castle, the Passaic County landmark that has been restored to its Gilded Age grandeur ... government contracts during the Civil War ...

The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax competition ... Even though America’s population nearly tripled during that time, with 30 million immigrants, per capita GDP ...