PPT-Politics in the Gilded Age

Political Machines The Gilded Age 1870s1900 Name of a book written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in The Gilded Age A Tale of Today 1873 satirizing what they believed to be an . The . Rise. of Big Business. Essential Question. :. Was the rise of industry good for the United States?. . A Brassy, Flamboyant Age. Gilded Age. :. {Reconstruction (1877). --. Progressive Era (1901)}. Discovering Problems at the turn of the century. How the Other Half Lives. – Jacob Riis. “Like rabbits in their burrows, the little ragamuffins sleep with at least one eye open, and every sense alert to the approach of danger; of their enemy, the policeman, whose chief business in life is to move them on and of the agent bent on robbing them of their cherished freedom. At the first warning shout they scatter and are off. To pursue them would be like chasing the fleet-footed mountain goat…There is not an open door, a hidden turn or runway, which they do not know, with lots of secret passages and short cuts no one else ever found.”. The. . Gilded Age. This era known as the . Gilded Age. . . A gilded object is made of cheap metal, but coated in a thin layer of gold. . Think of the candy gold coins…. Grrrr. The USA seemed perfect from the outside, but was actually full of many problems.. 1877-1900. The Gilded Age. Name comes from the title . of an 1873 Mark Twain . book. Referred to . the “superficial glitter” of the new wealth that developed in the late . 1800s. Dominated by a belief in .  . The Gilded Age in America: Successes. : . 1. Displays of wealth and excess among upper class. 2. 2nd industrial revolution. 3. Labor union movements. Gilded Age . But underneath, there were problems. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at . www.boundless.com. Available on the Boundless Teaching Platform. Using Boundless Presentations. The Appendix. The appendix is for you to use to add depth and breadth to your lectures. You can simply drag and drop slides from the appendix into the main presentation to make for a richer lecture experience.. “Gilded Age” – 1870-1900. Post-Reconstruction America. Phrase coined by Mark Twain; used to represent America during this time. Also, think of a beautiful, shiny, red apple… that is rotten on the inside. American author . Mark Twain. To “gild” something is to lay a thin layer of gold. over some rougher/cheaper base material. Gilded Age. Refers to the period after the Civil War through 1900. Period of great economic and population growth. during the Gilded Age (1870-1900)?. CPUSH Agenda for Unit 7.4. : . Clicker Questions. “Immigration and Urbanization” notes. Today’s HW: . 14.2 . Unit 7 Test: . Friday, November 16. Performance Final: . TIME MAGAZINE. Create A Front Cover of your Robber Barron. TIME Magazine Format. Date the reflects the time of your Robber Barron. Interesting quote/summary . of . your . cover story. Cover Story of your Robber Barron. Part 1. Manifest Destiny. Following the Civil War, the notion of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States should extend to the Pacific because God willed it, again became a popular idea.. American now controlled the land, now it was time to settle it.. Have you ever used any. of these products?. What company created these . products?. Who was the man behind the creation. of these products? . Apple Inc. . Steve Jobs. CEO. 1976: Started Apple at 21 years old. H-SS 11.2.2 – Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class.. H-SS 11.2.4 – Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers.. Section 6.3 (230-232) . The Spirit of the Gilded Age. The . Rossers. Today’s Agenda. September 21, 2015. Collect “letter home” paragraph. Reminder: HIPE (Essay or Presentation) due in 1 week. Put finished slide show in my Inbox by Monday morning.