After the Civil War had ended, several soldiers had returned home to find their places of living destroyed. Most of these people returned to practically nothing. The United States had to rebuild itself, and this rebuilding was called Reconstruction. Today historians refer to this era of reconstruction as the part of the Gilded Age. Many people had to pickup and start all over again, while others continued their quests of expanding. Expanding by taking control …showed first 75 words of 1525 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1525 total…life. He disliked all of tension that was put upon him to produce another best seller, maybe this was the leading cause of his death at such a young age rather than contributing it to the booze and cigarettes. As you see every person was faced with different tensions during the Gilded Age, either striving to be something or trying to keep their life together. Either way the period still put tension on their lives.