The correct answer is C. A new emphasis on acquiring goods
Explanation:
The Gilded Age was the period from the 1870s to 1900 in the U.S. during this period the economy and industrialization of the nation expanded, millions of immigrants arrive and wages rose, because of this, middle-classes that was the class that mainly work in industrialization had better life condition and this allowed some of them to accumulate goods and wealthy, and in general terms the middle-class lifestyle that was based on working at factories and receiving higher wages began supporting the ideas of acquiring goods especially innovative products or those that were exclusive from the high class, which was a new idea that has not been important to the middle class in previous centuries. Therefore, the middle-class lifestyle of the Gilded Age features a new emphasis on acquiring goods.
