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Gilded Age: Andrew Carnegie And John D. Rockefeller

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The Gilded Age, around the 1870s to the late 1890s, led to immeasurable success within the American economy and society. Wealth for a few led to hope for the many, and the idea of becoming immensely wealthy appealed to people. People saw that anybody could rise to the top through hard work and it was exemplified in people like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. This gave them hope and advanced the idea of American exceptionalism and superiority. The process of obtaining wealth led to industrialization and urbanization but also to many problems. Both progressivism and imperialism captivated the American people because, in comparison, they were similar in many aspects, from their fundamental idea to how the public became aware of the problems
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