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''1. What was the "Gilded Age"?''

''1. What was the "Gilded Age"?''

  The Gilded Age was the name given to the period after Reconstruction by Mark Twain He described the period 1878 to 1889 as looking very nice on the outside but as actually dreadful on the inside. Although this was the view expressed by Mark Twain, the Gilded Age was also a time of economic growth and of many inventions.  

::The Gilded Age was the name given to the period after Reconstruction by Mark Twain He described the period 1878 to 1889 as looking very nice on the outside but as actually dreadful on the inside. Although this was the view expressed by Mark Twain, the Gilded Age was also a time of economic growth and of many inventions.  

:Superb.  Will use as model answer!

:Superb.  Will use as model answer!

''2. What do you like about Thomas Edison, and do you think home schooling him created enormous wealth?''

''2. What do you like about Thomas Edison, and do you think home schooling him created enormous wealth?''

What I like about Thomas Edison is that he wasn’t selfish, for instance he made the phonograph even though he himself was deaf and couldn’t hear it. I think that I would give a lot of credit to his mother in her patience and in being able to deal with him and teach him. And the reason she was able to teach him was because he was not in school-- had he been in school I do not think he would have been able to have his skills develop to their full potential .

:What I like about Thomas Edison is that he wasn’t selfish, for instance he made the phonograph even though he himself was deaf and couldn’t hear it. I think that I would give a lot of credit to his mother in her patience and in being able to deal with him and teach him. And the reason she was able to teach him was because he was not in school-- had he been in school I do not think he would have been able to have his skills develop to their full potential .

:Terrific.

:Terrific.

''4. What do you think is special about the United States that has made it the world leader in inventions?''

''4. What do you think is special about the United States that has made it the world leader in inventions?''

I think that what made the United States the world leader in inventions is that if you have a good idea, you won’t be ignored, there will be someone to listen to Your idea and fund it. In other poorer countries you can’t do that, and something Else that makes America special is that you can rise from the bottom if you have a hard work ethic and a good idea.

::I think that what made the United States the world leader in inventions is that if you have a good idea, you won’t be ignored, there will be someone to listen to Your idea and fund it. In other poorer countries you can’t do that, and something Else that makes America special is that you can rise from the bottom if you have a hard work ethic and a good idea.

:Well done.

:Well done.

''6. Other than Thomas Edison, who do you think was the most influential person between 1877 and 1896?''

''6. Other than Thomas Edison, who do you think was the most influential person between 1877 and 1896?''

I think that the most influential person in that period was John D. Rockefeller, because he forged one of the biggest monopolies in the world at the time, and made America a much wealthier place.

:I think that the most influential person in that period was John D. Rockefeller, because he forged one of the biggest monopolies in the world at the time, and made America a much wealthier place.

:Very good.

:Very good.