The defining characteristics in the gilded age included individualism, urbanization, new values, art, and forms of entertainment. The Gilded Age refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post?Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century.
They suffered a loss of steady trade in fur, meat, and grain with European traders. They suffered negative consequences because they lost both their land and their allies.
