Do I believe we are living in the second Gilded Age? No. The Gilded Age was an era of
corruption and capitalism. It is also okay to think that it was America’s formative period when a
society of small producers transformed into and urban society dominated by industrial
corporations. These years saw labor violence, racial tension, militancy among farmers, and
unemployment. The 1880s and 1890s were years of technological innovation, mass immigration,
and intense political partnership.
There are so many differences between the Gilded Age and the present. In the Gilded
Age there were struggles between the rich and poor. Now in the present the richest Americans
hold 1/5 of the countries overall income. In the Glided Age the rich …show more content…
People like John
Rockefeller who were wealthy because of their industries were making a ton of money. Those
people were called “robber barons” because people believe they cheated to get their money.
Laborers were the Immigrants and Farmers. Back in the Gilded Age there was no sick
leave, no health insurance, or retirement. An average wage of $490 a year! A decent living wage
back then was at least $600. During the Gilded Age you pretty much worked all the time. An
average workday was ten hours, six days a week. There were so many injuries and deaths, but it
took four plus weeks to recover from injuries and remember there was no sick leave. A union is
an organization for workers to pursue workplace goals, wages, benefits, work rules, and power.
Labor issues back in the Gilded Age were things like American workers being taken advantage
of in a manner that led to labor unions. Workers worked long hours for little pay in dangerous
conditions. The era had a lot of strikes. Now in the present corporations are still taken advantage
of, but not in dangerous conditions. An example of this would be how Microsoft made their
employees work overtime without an overtime
corruption and capitalism. It is also okay to think that it was America’s formative period when a
society of small producers transformed into and urban society dominated by industrial
corporations. These years saw labor violence, racial tension, militancy among farmers, and
unemployment. The 1880s and 1890s were years of technological innovation, mass immigration,
and intense political partnership.
There are so many differences between the Gilded Age and the present. In the Gilded
Age there were struggles between the rich and poor. Now in the present the richest Americans
hold 1/5 of the countries overall income. In the Glided Age the rich …show more content…
People like John
Rockefeller who were wealthy because of their industries were making a ton of money. Those
people were called “robber barons” because people believe they cheated to get their money.
Laborers were the Immigrants and Farmers. Back in the Gilded Age there was no sick
leave, no health insurance, or retirement. An average wage of $490 a year! A decent living wage
back then was at least $600. During the Gilded Age you pretty much worked all the time. An
average workday was ten hours, six days a week. There were so many injuries and deaths, but it
took four plus weeks to recover from injuries and remember there was no sick leave. A union is
an organization for workers to pursue workplace goals, wages, benefits, work rules, and power.
Labor issues back in the Gilded Age were things like American workers being taken advantage
of in a manner that led to labor unions. Workers worked long hours for little pay in dangerous
conditions. The era had a lot of strikes. Now in the present corporations are still taken advantage
of, but not in dangerous conditions. An example of this would be how Microsoft made their
employees work overtime without an overtime