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1、inAmericaThereisaperiodFromthelate19thcenturytothebeginningsof20thcenturyToday...Let'sgototheperiodtogetherTheGildedAgePhoebe&EssieIntroduction:Thelate19thcenturywitnessedthebirthofmodernAmerica.ItsawtheclosingoftheWesternfrontier.Between1865andthe1890s,Americanssettled430millionacresint

2、heFarWest--morelandthanduringthepreceding250yearsofAmericanhistory.Thisperiodalsowitnessedthecreationofamodernindustrialeconomy.Anationaltransportationandcommunicationnetworkwascreated.Longhoursandhazardousworkingconditionsledmanyworkerstoattempttoformlaborunionsdespitestrongoppositionfr

3、omindustrialistsandthecourts.Introduction:Aneraofintensepoliticalpartisanship,theGildedAgewasalsoaneraofreform.TheCivilServiceActsoughttocurbgovernmentcorruptionbyrequiringapplicantsforcertaingovernmentaljobstotakeacompetitiveexamination.TheseyearsalsosawtheriseofthePopulistcrusade.Burde

4、nedbyheavydebtsandfallingfarmprices,manyfarmersjoinedthePopulistparty,whichcalledforanincreaseintheamountofmoneyincirculation,governmentassistancetohelpfarmersrepayloans,tariffreductions,andagraduatedincometax.Backgroundoftheperiod'snameMarkTwaincalledthelatenineteenthcenturythe"GildedAg

5、e."Bythis,hemeantthattheperiodwasglitteringonthesurfacebutcorruptunderneath.Inthepopularview,thelatenineteenthcenturywasaperiodofgreedandguile.ItiseasytocaricaturetheGildedAgeasaneraofcorruption,conspicuousconsumption,andunfetteredcapitalism.MarkTwainMarkTwainandhisbookItisfirstpublished

6、in1873.Itisbothabitingsatireandarevealingportraitofpost-CivilWarAmerica-anageofcorruptionwhenruthlessbankers,anddishonestpoliticiansvoraciouslytookadvantageofthenation'speace-timeoptimism.TheGildedAgeisavaluablesocialdocumentandoneofAmerica'smostimportantnovels.somepicturesoftheGildedAge

7、ThefamousmovieofthisperiodMollyMaguiresThishistoricalfilmtellsthestoryoflatenineteenthcenturyIrishcoalminersinPennsylvaniawhoareaccusedofusingterroristtacticstowinbetterworkingconditionsandhigherwages.thefilmportraystheleaderMollyMaguiresandhiswilltoachievesocialjusticeMo