Question

which two statements best characterize technology in the gilded age? a new products made homes cleaner and more comfortable. b the u.s. patent office put a strict limit on how many people could patent their ideas. c people could communicate over long distances but only in code and with the telegraph. d new inventions helped make a few people very wealthy. e the demand for steel and other building materials drove prices up.

Explanation:

During the Gilded Age, new technological products like indoor - plumbing and heating made homes cleaner and more comfortable. Also, industrial inventions led to the rise of wealthy industrialists. The U.S. Patent Office did not limit the number of people patenting ideas, long - distance communication was not only in code via telegraph (telephones also emerged later), and the demand for steel being high is more about economic factors related to construction rather than a direct characterization of technology.

Answer:

A. New products made homes cleaner and more comfortable.
D. New inventions helped make a few people very wealthy.