Cities in the Gilded Age

    The Age of Industry brought great change
to American life.  It created a whole new kind of society- an urbanized (city) society.
    Mark Twain said the prosperity of the era
covered up a great deal of corruption in politics and society.

"What is the chief end of man?--to get rich.
In what way?--dishonestly if we can; honestly
if we must."
-- Mark Twain-1871

Writer and humorist, Mark Twain, wrote the novel The Gilded Age ridiculing Washington D.C. and many of the leading figures of the day. Gilded Age--  to cover an object with gold paint to give it the appearance of value.

    1.  Many people turned to God and local 
                    churches for support.

    Growth of America's Cities

Immigrants Seek New Opportunities

1.  1815-1865 6 million immigrants     2.  1865-1915 25 million immigrants     3.  Why?  employment, dreams of better lives  in America, and to escape religious and political persecution in Europe.

Watch 8 min Cities in the Gilded Age video:

    Problems in rapidly growing cities;  
        housing for workers, schools, sewer and 
        sanitation systems and the threat of fire
 

Chicago Fire of 1871  Mrs. Patrick O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern

In 1871, 10 sq km (4 sq mi) of central Chicago were destroyed by fire. This Currier & Ives print depicts the flight of Chicago citizens across the Randolph Street Bridge during the fire.

	Jane Addams started the Hull House Federic A. Bartholdi  designed the Statue of Liberty Cities turn modern with cable cars, subways,  electric trolley cars, suspension bridges, and skyscrapers.
Watch 7 min video on Statue of Liberty :

Watch 12 min video on Brooklyn Bridge:

Brooklyn Bridge as designed by 

John A. Roebling
    
   

Watch 7 min video on Southern Race Relationship in the 1870s

Photo Credits:

Gilded Age: Courtesy of the Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College

Mark Twain: www.americalibrary.gov/.../ jb_gilded_subj_e.jpg

Immigrants: http://www.clipart/misc/immigrants.jpg

Coolies: © Prentice Hall Canada, 2000

Brooklyn Bridge: http://www.currierandives.info/city/NY-Brooklyn-Bridge.gif

Jane Addams: http://www.fastrackteaching.com/Addamsj1g60.gif

Trolley: www.rtd-denver.com/ History/images/hist17.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.