In what ways was the Gilded Age “the best of times”?

In United States history, the term Gilded Age denotes a period in the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States. As American wages grew much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants.

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