Lesson 18: The Gilded Aged

• Lesson 18: The Gilded Aged

  Summary: Tremendous urbanization and industrialization characterized the decades following the Civil War. By 1900, the United States was the world’s greatest industrial power. Mark Twain called this era the “Gilded Age.” Like a layer of gold “gilded” over a cheaper metal, it was pretty on the outside but sometimes ugly on the inside. The Gilded Age benefitted some Americans while creating a dreary and difficult life for others. Exciting new developments boosted the nation’s internal strength and international position, but complicated new problems arose that would plague the nation into the future. The one indisputable observation of the Gilded Age was that it changed the character and the course of the United States forever.

  Subject: Gilded Age; Industrialization; Urbanization; Crime; Congestion; Literature; Art; American Culture; Leisure; Organized Labor; Labor; Labor Unions; Management; Management Tactics; Strike; Homestead Strike; Pullman Strike; Political Machine; Government Corruption; Laissez Faire Politics; Agriculture; Grange; Populist; Populism; Omaha Platform; Panic of 1893; Election of 1896; William McKinley

  Course Name: U.S. History II

  Course Level: Level 3

  Media Format: Image; Webpage; Animation

  Typical Learning Time: 2.5 hours

  Discipline: United States History

  Sub-Discipline: History

  Author: McMichael, Kelly

  Affiliation: University of North Texas

  Date Created: 2009

  License files: Original License

  Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1760

  Is Part of: Unit 5: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/THECBLOR_v3_cont/handle/2188/2144

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