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GILDED AGE
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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.
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Poor
People moved to the cities for factory jobs.
Created neighborhoods of same culture/country
Why?
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Typical Big City Street (Early 1900s)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Tenements above Crowded Streets-What are the buildings missing?
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Tenements
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
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Inside a tenement-What kind of conditions these people are living in.-What are a few things that are missing?
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New York City tenement (1890)
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Tenements above Crowded Streets-What are the white lines?
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New York City tenement (1912)
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New York City tenement (1890)
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New York City tenement (1889)
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Tenement neighborhood of New York City (1890)
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New York City tenement (1888)
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New York City tenement
(1889)
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Middle 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.
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Most people worked in the city but lived outside in the suburbsWhy would they choose to live here?
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Wealthy
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.
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Breakers, the Vanderbilt mansion, in Newport, RI
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Carnegie Mansion in New York City
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Kykuit , the Rockefeller mansion, in New York
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Forest Hill, the Rockefeller Mansion, in Cleveland, OH
