The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The politics in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.

A critique of a realistic novel of the Gilded Age entitled "The Gilded Age." "The title is a masterly epigraph on the flushed, corrupt period of the Reconstruction."

Read about federal politics during the Gilded Age and why not much was accomplished during this time.

Look in depth at the Gilded Age of history in the United States. Find resources enhancing lessons of immigration, industrialization, railroads, Native Americans, and politics.

Learn about the development of the farmers' protest movement in the 19th century, and how it evolved into a political movement.

This is a very informative look at the politics involved in the campaign of 1896 where one of the main issues was the conflict between the gold standard and free silver. Read about the results of the election and the defeat of Populist...

A series of primary resources for students and teachers explores public response to the economic and political shifts during the Gilded Age. Includes questions for guided reading and links to supplemental material.

Collection of ten primary resources on the culture, economy and politics of the Gilded Age between 1870-1913, with reading guide for discussion, timeline and links to supplemental material.

Explains the history of the Populist movement, its growth into a political party, and its later dissolution. Includes questions for students at end.

This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...

Brief history of Tammany Hall from beginning to the fall of the political machine.

A very interesting look at popular medicine in the late 19th century. Read about home remedies, door-to-door patent-medicine salesmen, painkillers, and advertisements for such remedies. Find links to political cartoons related to popular...

Read a short biography of Chester A. Arthur, Republican president during the Gilded Age. A black and white photo is provided.

Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.

An observation printed in Harper's Weekly in 1889 about the Oklahoma land rush into the Indian Territory.