During the Gilded Age, the U.S. economy
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- A.faltered because industries failed to convert from wartime production to peacetime production after the Civil War.
- B.grew at a rapid pace, but the gap between the wealthy and poor widened.
- C.was characterized by a growing agricultural sector and a back-to-the-land movement.
- D.suffered because of the nation's overdependence on the slave trade.
- E.was cut off from the world economic system due to high tariffs and isolationist policies.
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