The Gilded In The 19th Century

1870 to the 1900 was referred to as the gilded ( to be covered in a thin layer of gold color) age due to the fact it was paraded as a brilliant and magnificent time in America when infact it was a time of poverty and corruption. During this time in U.S. history the country had become very corrupt examples of this were shown like the party bosses, railroad companies were paying off politicians, and corners were cut on the construction of the dumbbell buildings. At this westward expansion was occurring which started by the United States selling large pieces of land to the railroad companies. The railroad companies then took the land it sold and used the rest for building the railroad.

This time in history poverty was a big part of the United