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Homework Seven-SarahW  1. The “Gilded Age” was a term coined by
Mark Twain that describes America in the late 1880’s. Mark Twain
wrote a book called “The Gilded Age” about successful business
men in Washington who were actually greedy and deceiving. The
term “gilded” means that on the outside, everything was
prosperous and great, but underneath, it was actually filled
with corruption and hardship. One thing that made the gilded age
gilded were “robber barons”. Robber Barons were people who used
ruthless business tactics to become rich, like Jay Gould.
Superb answer! Might use as a model.  2. I really like how
Thomas Edison learned so much after being told by a teacher he
was an idiot. His work ethic is very admirable too. I mean, how
many teenagers do you know who would work 12 hours a day, 6 days
a week? I believe that if Thomas Edison wasn’t homeschooled, he
wouldn’t have been able to