Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Assignment 5 ( Unit 5)

Alisha Sanders
Assignment 5 Unit 5
U. S History


Gilded Age refers to major growth in population in the U.S and extravagant displays iof wealth and excess of America’s upper-class during the post Civil Was and post- Reconstruction era, from the 1870s to 1900 the wealth derived from industrial and population expansion. The end of the Gilded Age coincided with the Panic of 1893, a deep depression.

G- Growth

I- Industrialization

L- Lily

D-Depression

E- Expansion

D- Despair

A-Architectural

G- Gild

E- Election

2 comments:

carrie said...

Good acrostic, but I don't know what Lily has to do with this time? Also, I wouldn't describe this time as a depression. Please explain to me to get the points. Your g and e words are especially good.

carrie said...

oops- 10/14 points