The Gilded Age was a time of extreme social stratification in which there were a select few who controlled the vast majority of wealth in the country while a majority lived in poverty. During this time, two diverging ideas about freedom and liberty characterized the social problems of the late 19th century. On the one hand, bankers, industrialists, businesspeople, and many politicians sought to justify the wealth and power of a few 'captains of industry' as the truest essence of freedom. On the other side, many workers, farmers, and reformers saw the political corruption, exploitation, and greed which ran against their own understanding of freedom. In about 150 words, What were some of these ideas, and how did they seek to define freedom and explain the social ills of the late 19th century? In your own words, how do you think these ideas continue to influence our society, today?

Whoever gets these right gets marked brainlest frods and wrong anwsers will get reported and emaild to for doing this just for points! history and geography 600 – unit 6: eastern europe quiz 3: modern history 1.in communism, no one owns any private property. truefalse 2.communism ended in eastern europe because would no longer support it with military force. germany great britain the soviet union the united states 3.the soviet union was ruled by the secretary general and a committee of fifteen men called the kievs politburo villeins bolsheviks 4.one way to begin the communist revolution was to create among the workers. poverty dissension 5.the first world power to embrace communism was rassia germani china 6.the capital of east germany was: brussels east berlin bonn warsaw 7.one balkan country is: romania russia poland germany 8.in the balkan countries, the romans built: roads churches public baths stores 9.the soviet leader whose reforms led to the end of communism in russia and eastern europe was: joseph stalin lech walesa mikhail gorbachev nikita khrushchev 10.communist leaders came to power without the backing of the soviet union in: poland east germany yugoslavia hungary 11.stalin was: kind benevolent cruel live 12.the former name of the russian communists was: . romanovs bolsheviks vladimirs kievs 13.khrushchev improved living conditions for the russian people by: reducing the secret police reading the bible letting people own property having free elections you to all the people that have the right anwser