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?