1) why was mark twain so cynical about american society in the 1870s that he called this period the gilded age?

2) how did the middle class life change during the victorian era?

3) what evidence can you cite to support the idea that the growth of the newspaper industry is related to increasing public school attendance?

4) what factors led to the increase in the number of colleges and universities during the gilded age?

5) why were amusement parks so successful during the gilded age?

Which of the following actions is an example of historiography

"neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - the thirteenth amendment to the united states constitution, 1865 which statement describes the effect that the thirteenth amendment had on american society? a) male freedmen were given the right to vote. b) slavery was made illegal in the united states. c) ex-slaves were given united states citizenship. d) southern states were no longer allowed to use convicts as labor.

Which statement is true about cyrus the great?