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Loc: America's Story: Gilded Age (1878 1889) WebsiteLoc: America's Story: Gilded Age (1878 1889) Website
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Library of Congress
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Loc: America's Story: Gilded Age (1878 1889)

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After a brief description of the economy in the Gilded Age, find links to stories about many cultural events of the age. Read about Jim Thorpe, the Johnstown flood, and the first Coca-Cola, among other stories.

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Concepts

alexander graham bell, john d. rockefeller, susan b. anthony, thomas edison

Additional Tags

robber barons, america's story, andrew carnegie, gilded age, library of congress, culture of the gilded age, industrial america, culture of the gilded age 1877-1900

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.9

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