Why did the term "Gilded Age" become synonymous with the last quarter of the twentieth century?
A) It denoted the affluent life of the middle class.
B) It conjured up the excess and extravagance on the part of politicians and businessmen.
C) It referred to the material success and mass consumption of the new consumer age.
D) It recalled tycoons and the heyday of big business.
B
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a. Chandragupta Maurya. b. Siddhartha Gautama. c. Mahauira Krishna. d. Ashoka Gupta. e. Mahavira.
Hated the British and hoped for a conquest of Canada
a. Alexander Hamilton b. Federalists c. War Hawks d. Tecumseh