The economy of the gilded age was characterized bya. economic growth and high unemployment among unskilled workers.
b. rapid economic growth and social change.
c. a deep recession in which high unemployment fueled massive and rebellious social change.
d. slow economic growth and high unemployment among the middle class.

The right answer is b.rapid economic growth and social change.

The Gilded Age (1870-1900) was a period that followed the end of the secession war and the post-reconstruction period. It is marked by a strong economic and populational growth with no precedents. The causes of the rapid industrialization abundance of supply of raw materials, plenty of labor supply, both via migration, and immigration and the advent of new technologies, innovations that raised the productivity. Besides that, we can also point out the work of talented businessmen combined with a friendly government promoting laissez-faire, subsidies and international high tariffs.

which time period is this? or is this story fictional, i'm going to need more info to answer this question

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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