This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...

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.

A fascinating account of the life of Richard Morris Hunt, foremost architect of the Gilded Age of America.

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."

Discusses Social Darwinism and the negative repercussions it had on society during the Gilded Age. Includes questions for students at end.

Written in 2001 prior to the opening of an art exhibit at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center this press release provides a brief contextual overview of the artistic accomplishments of artists during the Gilded Age.

Although this site concerns itself primarily with Port Jervis, New York, it does gives us a good overview of the building boom America experienced in the Gilded Age.

Discusses the Homestead Strike of 1892 and the Pullman Strike of 1894 and how these ended, as well as responses of the federal government to the labor movement. Includes questions for students at end.

Discusses the rise of labor unions and the history of the Knights of Labor. After the Haymarket Square riots, members deserted it and many joined the American Federation of Labor instead. Includes questions for students at end.

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

This site from the Austin Community College is an excellent site with detailed description of the farmers plight during the Gilded Age including tariff policies and monetary policies.

Discusses the urbanization that took place at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Includes questions for students at end.

Thomas Eakins's controversial painting that reflects the skill of professional, scientific practitioners during the late-nineteenth century.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource presents a lesson plan about immigration that uses photographs as primary sources.

Site gives us a good definition of realism, especially in regard to literature of the Gilded Age.

A short report on America by 1900: "..the American nation had established itself as a world power. The West was Won. The frontier -- the great fact of 300 years of American history -- was no more."

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

The guitar in America began as an instrument used in popular music in the city and then branched out to minstrel shows, ragtime, and even jazz. Read about the history of this ubiquitous instrument and how it took on its American character.

Take a look at popular literary themes that are reflected in the political cartoons of 1896, the year in which William Jennings Bryant challenged William McKinley for the presidency.

Provides information about Vaudeville, a popular amusement show during the late 19th and early 20th century.

An article from the Utah Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, by George Kraus, recounts the decision to use Chinese laborers in building the Central Pacific Railroad. Many primary source documents included as well as supplemental direct quotes in...

Explains the origin of the Ghost Dance movement and the massacre of the Sioux that happened at Wounded Knee. Includes questions for students.

Explains what the Homestead Act of 1862 was and what it meant for settlers, as well as the Exodus of 1879 when many African Americans became exodusters and left the South. Includes questions for students at end.

Biography of Scott Joplin.