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