How did inventors and labor unions during the gilded age improve our standard of living today?

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.

darwinism is survival of the fittest there for social darwinism is the survival of the wealthiest