Gilded Age

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era in United States history historical period

The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Gilded Age canonical	355
Gilded Age in the United States	8
Gilded Age United States	7
American Gilded Age	4
Gilded Age literature	3
American Gilded Age decorative arts	1
America’s Gilded Age	1
Gilded Age and Progressive Era	1
Gilded Age and Progressive Era United States	1
Gilded Age art	1
Gilded Age high society	1
Gilded Age politics	1
historical term "Gilded Age" in U.S. history	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in United States history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
associatedMovement	Populist movement ⓘ labor movement ⓘ temperance movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalAspect	growth of leisure and entertainment industries ⓘ growth of mass media ⓘ muckraking journalism (late in the period) ⓘ realist literature ⓘ rise of department stores ⓘ
endTime	circa 1900 ⓘ
followedBy	Progressive Era ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Native American dispossession ⓘ child labor ⓘ conspicuous consumption ⓘ expansion of railroads ⓘ growth of cities ⓘ immigration boom ⓘ income inequality ⓘ industrial capitalism ⓘ labor unrest ⓘ laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ machine politics ⓘ monopolies ⓘ patronage system ⓘ philanthropy by industrialists ⓘ political corruption ⓘ rapid economic growth ⓘ rapid industrialization ⓘ reform movements ⓘ rise of big business ⓘ rise of finance capital ⓘ social Darwinism ⓘ technological innovation ⓘ tenement housing ⓘ trusts ⓘ urbanization ⓘ weak labor protections ⓘ westward expansion ⓘ
majorEvent	Great Railroad Strike of 1877 ⓘ Haymarket affair ⓘ Homestead Strike ⓘ Panic of 1873 ⓘ Panic of 1893 ⓘ Pullman Strike ⓘ
majorIndustry	banking ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ oil ⓘ railroads ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" ⓘ
namedBy	Charles Dudley Warner ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ
notableIndustrialist	Andrew Carnegie ⓘ Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ J. P. Morgan ⓘ James J. Hill ⓘ Jay Gould ⓘ John D. Rockefeller ⓘ
notablePoliticalFigure	Benjamin Harrison ⓘ Chester A. Arthur ⓘ Grover Cleveland ⓘ James A. Garfield ⓘ Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
precededBy	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: American Civil War era Reconstruction era ⓘ
startTime	circa 1870 ⓘ

Referenced by (385)

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Andrew Carnegie → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Carnegie Steel Company → historicalPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Louise Whitfield Carnegie → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

The Gospel of Wealth → associatedWith → Gilded Age ⓘ

The Gospel of Wealth → timePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age United States

Great Chicago Fire of 1871 → historicalPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

United States Steel Corporation → foundedDuring → Gilded Age ⓘ

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site → period → Gilded Age ⓘ

Samuel Gompers → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Homestead Strike → occursDuring → Gilded Age ⓘ

Reconstruction era → followedBy → Gilded Age ⓘ

novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" → inspiredTerm → Gilded Age ⓘ

subject surface form: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" → hasInfluenceOn → Gilded Age ⓘ

subject surface form: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

this entity surface form: historical term "Gilded Age" in U.S. history

Adirondack Great Camps → relatedTo → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Gilded Age

Charles Dudley Warner → movement → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age literature

Compromise of 1877 → hasHistoricalPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Vanderbilt family → associatedWithEra → Gilded Age ⓘ

Panic of 1873 → significantEventFor → Gilded Age ⓘ

Olivia Langdon Clemens → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

American Federation of Labor → historicalEra → Gilded Age ⓘ

United States–Native American wars → historicalPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Million Dollar Staircase → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Carnegie libraries → hasTimePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge → timePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Staatsburgh State Historic Site → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

McKim, Mead & White → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

American Renaissance architecture → developedIn → Gilded Age ⓘ

Camp Uncas → significantPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Sagamore Camp → significantPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Biltmore Estate → significantPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

subject surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House

Thomas M. Carnegie → historicalEra → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age in the United States

Ulysses S. Grant → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

William Rockefeller → associatedWith → Gilded Age ⓘ

Langdon family → historicalContext → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age United States

Durant family → timePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Richardsonian Romanesque → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Rutherford B. Hayes → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

James A. Garfield → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

The Breakers → stylePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport → associatedWith → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age in the United States

The Marble House ballroom, Newport → heritage → Gilded Age ⓘ

The Marble House ballroom, Newport → historicalPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilded Age in the United States

Chester A. Arthur → governedDuring → Gilded Age ⓘ

Grover Cleveland → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

Charles Scribner's Sons → era → Gilded Age ⓘ

American Publishing Company → timePeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ

Hyde Park → hasHistoricEraAssociation → Gilded Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Hyde Park, New York

A Little Journey in the World → settingPeriod → Gilded Age ⓘ