Basketball was created and became a popular sport during the
Gilded Age.
At the time of his death in 1866, Thomas Downing, also known as “the Oyster King,” was one of the wealthiest people in New York City, thanks to his oyster restaurant.
During this period, the U.S. population doubled in size. By 1900, 40 percent of Americans lived in cities.
Ready-to-wear clothing started to become popular in the 19th century. This was due to the invention of the sewing machine.
Lewis Latimer designed the interior part of the light bulb, making it cheaper and more available to everyone, not just the wealthy.
Roughly 11.7 million people immigrated to the United States during the Gilded Age.
In 1900, roughly 18 percent of American workers were under the age of 16, as children were often forced to work to help care for their families.
The period from roughly the late 1860s to the early 1900s is
called the Gilded Age.
In 1903, Elizabeth Magie patented the game we know today as Monopoly.
An Italian inventor named Antonio Meucci is credited for inventing the first basic telephone, but Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the invention.
The first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. It was 10 stories tall.