What is industrialization, and when did it begin to take over in the United States? Was it the same in the South as in the North? Why or why not? What type of technological, economical, social, and cultural changes did Industrialization bring to the United States? What does it mean to refer to this Era as the Gilded Age, and how does this term reflect the nature of society at the time? How important were immigrants to the picture, and how did they adjust to life in a new land? What were the ramifications on the perception of intoxication that developed in connection to the Gilded Age?

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What is industrialization, and when did it begin to take over in the United States?  Was it the same in the South as in the North?  Why or why not?  What type of technological, economical, social, and cultural changes did Industrialization bring to the United States?  What does it mean to refer to this Era as the Gilded Age, and how does this term reflect the nature of society at the time?  How important were immigrants to the picture, and how did they adjust to life in a new land?  What were the ramifications on the perception of intoxication that developed in connection to the Gilded Age?