How does the term “gilded age” characterize american society in the late nineteenth century? in what ways is this characterization accurate or inaccurate?

Gilded age, as the name implies that it is a period when the American economy’s growth is masked by urbanization and industrialisation but inherently there were problems like corruption and poverty.

There was extreme modernization due to the European immigrants who started to build factories and steel frame construction was possible at that time. People started to leave country side in search of towns and cities due to mechanization which helped for the swift progress of the economy.

The rich remained and poor lead a petty life as there was an impersonal relationship that existed between the owners and the workers and corruption was at its peak.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.