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- - - - Phonographs had the ability to record political and current events that took place and keep them frozen in time. For example, in New Zealand, Papers Past contains more than three million pages of digitized newspapers.
    - - The phonograph generated revenue for big business corporations and contributed to the Age of Enterprise by contributing to the global economy.
    - - Music was a very important aspect of an American's social life during the Gilded Age. Music was able to be recorded and continually played with Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph. It revolutionized the music industry. Today, music continues to be a significant aspect of social life.
- - - - These inventions revolutionized the communication between people all over the world by allowing messages to travel great distances in a short period of time. Important events and ideas would keep people up to date and allow for the spread of intelligence and the fusion of knowledge.
    - - Foreign affairs were made easier due to quicker and easier communication. Furthermore, battles would not be fought after the war was over because communication was much better
    - - These inventions contributed to the rise of the middle class.
- - - - Newspapers would play a significant role in exposing numerous scandals and investigating the wrongdoing of public officials. Newspapers commonly took strong political stance, and major newspapers were primarily associated with one of the political parties or a particular social movement. Scandals, as a result, were often unearthed by journalists that were opposed to the policies of a certain politician.
    - - Newspapers during the Gilded Age socially affected individuals by giving them up to date information regarding history. People could also find out what was going on in the government. Sometimes, standard newspapers would criticize politics and make false statements to give one political party more votes.
    - - Newspapers economically affected the Gilded Age in many ways. Due to the insane, but sometimes true, articles, the demand for newspapers radicaly increased because of the desire to understand to understand what's happening all over the nation. Furthermore, because of the increasing popularity of newspapers, paper became a hug profit for America. With the invention of ink, many messages were passed on as well, and this led to new methods of communication like letters.
- - - - As railroad companies' power increased, they exerted more and more influence on local politics and economics. Unethical people industrialists called "robber barons" extorted the public by accepting bribes and kickbacks, discriminating against small shippers, changing the rates, and giving out unfair rebates.
    - - Railroads contributed the most to the transformation and development of the West. Although more than a million Americans moved westward during the era that was known as "manifest destiny," trains brought millions more throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century. Railways made it economically and physically feasible for Americans to settle in places like Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
    - - The manufacturing of railroads transformed Americans into a diverse economic country. Many goods were now capable of being transported to far places. This capability increased profits for the United States drastically. An item for sale in New York, for example, could now make it out west much faster than previous years. Due to this, railroads made a wider variety of goods possible for people to obtain, and this greatly expanded the economy.