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gilded age people
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As American wages grew much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants. -
gilded age problems
The most significant historic development of the Gilded Age was the rapid urbanization of the U.S. population, in which a sudden demographic transition was fueled by an influx of European immigrants, growing rural populations displaced by increasing agricultural efficiency, and the emerging industrialization
