Theyâre terrified that peace was going to break out â Ron Paul on US Syria strike. 1  Conspiracy - a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful. 2  Theory - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.
However, the period known as the Victorian era in England, from 1837 to 1901, witnessed such polarized gender roles that it can also be analyzed according to the different functions assigned to men and women, more commonly known as the ideology of separate spheres.
Digital History ID 2916 Mark Twain called the late 19th century the Gilded Age. By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. In the popular view, the late 19th century was a period of greed and guile: of rapacious Robber Barons, unscrupulous speculators, and corporate buccaneers, of shady business practices, scandal-plagued politics, and vulgar display. It is easy to caricature the Gilded Age as an era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism.