ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat were the
Changing Patterns in
Immigration, Farming and Industry that
Created a Wider Gulf
Between the Rich and Poor in American
Society?
Great Wealth in the Midst of Poverty
Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Summer “Cottage” – “The Breakers”
The Music Room at “The Breakers” in Newport, Rhode Island
Emerging Patterns in the Gilded Age
•Labor Unions – the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor
•Women and Children Enter the Workforce
•The South and the Rise of Industry – James Buchanan Duke
•Rags to Riches
•Gospel of Wealth
•Formula for Success: The Man, the Organization, the Product
•The Dark Side, the Homestead Strike
Gilded Age Icon Andrew Carnegie
Immigration
Patterns
•The Plight of Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
•Ethnic Homesteads in Urban America
•Muckraking Journalists Bring a Measure of Reform
Political Patterns in the Gilded Age
•The Cities: Thomas Nast and the Tweed Ring
•The Nation: “Waving the Bloody Shirt”
•Grover Cleveland and the Mugwumps
Film Segments – Remember to Keep them Short,
Relevant, and Part of Your Assessment
• PBS, “America 1900” – Segments on Urbanization, and Immigration
• History Channel, “America: The Story of Us” “Boom”