Second Gilded Age Research Paper
Brandi Bean
Professor Koller
Survey of American History II
14 February 2017
America's Second Gilded Age: Is It Happening?
Over the past century, we have experienced many parallels, but recently we seem to be having similarities with the Gilded Age. Some could argue that we are having a Second Gilded Age from the experiences of unions like Fight for $15, the Boston Marathon Bombing, the boycotting of SeaWorld, and the Recession of 2008. Also the forming of organizations like Black Lives Matter, and the topic of job stealing by immigrants. The United States is experiencing a Second Gilded Age because of the similarities from the working class unrest, race relations, and economic changes.
Apart of the working class unrest lies child labor. Child labor was used by industries during the first Gilded Age, but not the second. Child labor …show more content…
Davidson, Adam. “Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/debunking-the-myth-of-the-job-stealing-immigrant.html?_r=0.
History.com Staff. “Boston Marathon Bombings.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2014, www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings.
“Fight for $15 - About | Facebook.” Fight for $15 - About | Facebook, www.facebook.com/pg/Fightfor15/about/?ref=page_internal.
This is the largest strike in the United States since Verizon workers last walked off the job in 2011. “36,000 Verizon Workers Go on Strike.” CNNMoney, Cable News Network, money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/verizon-strike/index.html.
blacklivesmatter.com/.
“The Great Recession.” State of Working America, stateofworkingamerica.org/great-recession/.
Tindall, George Brown., and David E. Shi. America: a Narrative History. 9th ed., vol. 2, New York, W.W. Norton & Company,
Professor Koller
Survey of American History II
14 February 2017
America's Second Gilded Age: Is It Happening?
Over the past century, we have experienced many parallels, but recently we seem to be having similarities with the Gilded Age. Some could argue that we are having a Second Gilded Age from the experiences of unions like Fight for $15, the Boston Marathon Bombing, the boycotting of SeaWorld, and the Recession of 2008. Also the forming of organizations like Black Lives Matter, and the topic of job stealing by immigrants. The United States is experiencing a Second Gilded Age because of the similarities from the working class unrest, race relations, and economic changes.
Apart of the working class unrest lies child labor. Child labor was used by industries during the first Gilded Age, but not the second. Child labor …show more content…
Davidson, Adam. “Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/debunking-the-myth-of-the-job-stealing-immigrant.html?_r=0.
History.com Staff. “Boston Marathon Bombings.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2014, www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings.
“Fight for $15 - About | Facebook.” Fight for $15 - About | Facebook, www.facebook.com/pg/Fightfor15/about/?ref=page_internal.
This is the largest strike in the United States since Verizon workers last walked off the job in 2011. “36,000 Verizon Workers Go on Strike.” CNNMoney, Cable News Network, money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/verizon-strike/index.html.
blacklivesmatter.com/.
“The Great Recession.” State of Working America, stateofworkingamerica.org/great-recession/.
Tindall, George Brown., and David E. Shi. America: a Narrative History. 9th ed., vol. 2, New York, W.W. Norton & Company,