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Crippling economic problems. Factory automation leading to job losses. Fears related to mass immigration that led to crackdowns and bans. Corporate titans cozying up to politicians. Sound like 2025? Actually, we’re talking about America in 1875-1900, “The Gilded Age,” when Americans grew increasingly divided and angry at their political leaders. The disruptions of this period enabled the rich to get richer, while the working class declined. But it was also a period that set the United States on the path to becoming the most economically powerful country in the world.
