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The Gilded Age is guide Number 15 of the 24 SparkNotes guides for studying American History
. It provides perspective on events during the post-Civil War “Gilded Age” years including the rise of big business and the social and political backlash against the excesses of the era. This study guide is preceded by our guide for Reconstruction and followed by our The Progressive Era guide.Read features from the SparkNotes guide to The Gilded Age including Context for this roughly 35-year span of American history and a description of the birth and growth of the Labor Movement after the Civil War.
