A New Modern America AP United States History Period VI Industrialization and Gilded Age 1865-1900.
Gilded society
Transcript of Gilded society
Society during the Gilded Age
Bell work 12/1
• We have been learning about the Gilded Age (the time between the Civil War and World War I). From all that we have learned, write an answer for each:
1. One verb to describe the Gilded Age:2. One noun to describe the Gilded Age:3. One adjective to describe the Gilded Age:
p. 87 Society During the Gilded Age
Number this page 1-7 (each section needs 4 lines)
1. Jim Crow South• Separate but equal= legal segregation (Plessy v
Ferguson)
2. Immigrants• Nativism=racism,
American born are better than new immigrants
• Melting pot=
3. Working class (lowest class)
•Living conditions:•Most immigrants
4. laborers
5. Farmers (Grangers)•Poor b/c shipping costs•Blame RR for problems•Populist party=bimetalism
6. Middle Class
• Social Darwinism- making your own fate/getting ahead on your own
7. New upper class• The American Dream
p. 86: identifying social issues in the Gilded Age
Outside of flap: word• Melting pot Separate But Equal• Grangers Social
Darwinism• Standard Oil Company Working Class• Nativism Gilded Age • Under each flap- DRAW an image/symbol to
represent the term AND define