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GILDED AGE
Slide2The 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.
Slide3Poor
People moved to the cities for factory jobs.
Created neighborhoods of same culture/country
Why?
Slide4Typical Big City Street (Early 1900s)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Slide5Tenements above Crowded Streets-What are the buildings missing?
Slide6Tenements
Families lived in cheap apartments called
tenements
.
Tenements had many problems
No heat, windows, indoor bathrooms
Often filled with diseases
Why would anyone be willing to live here?
Very inexpensive
Slide7Inside a tenement-What kind of conditions these people are living in.-What are a few things that are missing?
Slide8New York City tenement (1890)
Slide9Tenements above Crowded Streets-What are the white lines?
Slide10New York City tenement (1912)
Slide11New York City tenement (1890)
Slide12New York City tenement (1889)
Slide13Tenement neighborhood of New York City (1890)
Slide14New York City tenement (1888)
Slide15New York City tenement
(1889)
Slide16Middle Class
Educated people, such as doctors and lawyers, moved their families to the
suburbs
.
The suburbs were the outer edges of the cities.
Neighborhoods were much cleaner and safer.
Houses had hot water, indoor plumbing, and electricity.
Slide17Most people worked in the city but lived outside in the suburbsWhy would they choose to live here?
Slide18Wealthy
W
ealthiest families lived in large mansions in the cities.
Often they had second houses in the country.
R
ich people bought expensive artwork and gave fancy parties.
Slide19Breakers, the Vanderbilt mansion, in Newport, RI
Slide20Carnegie Mansion in New York City
Slide21Kykuit , the Rockefeller mansion, in New York
Slide22Forest Hill, the Rockefeller Mansion, in Cleveland, OH
Slide23Vanderbilt Mansion in New York
Slide24Fair Lane, the Ford Mansion, in Michigan
Slide25Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City
Slide26Lyndhurst, the Gould Mansion, in New York
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