What name did Mark Twain give to the Age of Industry (1865- 1900) & why?
Gilded age, because on the surface, there was prosperity, but under that there was corruption
From what 2 places did the people come from to make the cities' population explode?
From farms and from other countries (immigrants)
What were the 2 groups of immigrants named in the book & who was in them?
old immigrants (from northwestern Europe from before 1880's)& new immigrants (from southern & Eastern Europe after 1880)