The gilded age was an influential book written by mark twain and charles dudley womer. remember from
the tutorial in this unit that "gild means to coat with a thin layer of gold. the object's real value is artifically
increased by its attractive yet deceptive appearance
some of the "forgotten" people you've learned about werer ulysses grant jay gould, willam w. belknap
orville babcock, jim fisk boss tweed, rutherford b. hayes james garfield chester a. arthur grover
cleveland, and benjamin harrison.
if you could interview anyone of these men who would it be and why in what ways do we still find
evidence of their influence in the 21st century? how is this intuence o good or bad thing? explain

The decision to annex hawaii was a controversial one

Where did industrial capitalism originate and what advantages did this location have

Examine the dates in this timeline: • 1918: the ottoman empire loses control of iraq to the britishfollowing world war i.• 1932: the kingdom of iraq is granted its independence from greatbritain• 1945: mustafa barzani leads a failed rebellion against the iraqigovernment• 1948: the al-wathbah uprising results in protests against the iraqigovernment before it is violently suppressed.• 1958: the kingdom of iraq is overthrown by military leaders whoestablish the republic of iraq,• 1980: iraq invades iran, launching the iran iraq war.• 1990: iraq invades kuwait but is defeated by united nations forcesled by the united states.• 2003: the united states and its allies invade iraq and remove itsdictator, saddam hussein.which title would best suit the period in iraqi history from 1980 through1990? a. the era of political instability and protestb. the era of american involvementc. the era of iraqi aggressiond. the era of early iraqi independence