No not really it was sad though :\
Gilded age, as the name implies that it is a period when the American economy’s growth is masked by urbanization and industrialisation but inherently there were problems like corruption and poverty.
There was extreme modernization due to the European immigrants who started to build factories and steel frame construction was possible at that time. People started to leave country side in search of towns and cities due to mechanization which helped for the swift progress of the economy.
The rich remained and poor lead a petty life as there was an impersonal relationship that existed between the owners and the workers and corruption was at its peak.
The musician that fits the following description is Cannonball Adderality. Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley , he is the alto saxophonist joined miles davis, expanding the quintet to a sextet and he has such a full, deep tone that all his listener mistakenly thought they hear tenor saxophone when he played.
The constitutional issue was that the students rights of the 1st amendment was challenged. The student council Chaplin said a prayer over the public announcements before each home varsity game for the football team and others didn't like that to much.
