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Gilded Age Webquest
Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html
1. What did Mark Twain mean when he said the opening quote?
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2. What extravagant gift did Mrs. Stuyvesant buy her dog for a party?
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3. Describe the stratification (difference in classes) of American Society in the Gilded Age.
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4. What specific groups were in the lowest part of Society?

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5. Describe “Political Machine” (search on internet if you need help).

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6. Why did immigrants turn to political machines?

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Name: _____________________________________________________ Date:_____________________
Next page: Carnivals of Revenge-link at bottom of first page.
7. How many strikes/lockouts occurred in the 1880s?

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8. In __________, the State Militia fired on strikers, killing 11 and wounding 40.
9. What was governmental policy toward strikes?

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10. What did laborers do in response to the hard line taken by factory owners and the government?
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11. _________ owned Pullman Car Company and slashed workers’ wages and raised rent, which resulted in
the workers going on strike.
12. What is the result of the labor-owner clashes?
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Next page: Millionaire’s Row
Read through Millionaires Row and check out the houses of the wealthy industrialists -- it must be nice!!!
13. What street in New York City became the most magnificent street in the world?
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14. What two “Robber Barons” worked out of Pittsburgh?

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15. Why did Frick build his mansion?
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16. The Astros could host ______ people in their ballroom.

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17. Describe the picture of the “Vanderbilt Chateau.”

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18. What member of the Vanderbilt family led the building of the Metropolitan Opera House?
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Next page: go to People and Events; click on Andrew Carnegie

19. How much did it cost the Carnegie family to come to the US in 1848?
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20. ____________ hired Carnegie to work for him and became his mentor, calling him “my boy Andy.”
Next page: go to People and Events; click on Herbert Spencer

21. Summarize the theory put forth by Spencer in his philosophy of Social Darwinism:
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Child Labor
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
1. Carefully read through the captions and review the picture on this site. Using bullet points, list 5
observations based on what you see.
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Inventions of the Gilded Age

http://www.shmoop.com/great-inventions/timeline.html
1. List 4 significant inventions during the Gilded Age. Explain how each improved life during this
time period.
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Personal Wealth
Please use the following links:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/20070715_GILDED_GRAPHIC.html#
2. Of the top 30 wealthiest people in American History, how many were from the Gilded Age?
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3. Which of these men has a local connection to Whiting?
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4. As you look through the stories of how these men acquired wealth: in what ways did they
acquire wealth? What were the primary industries of the day?
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5. Brainstorming: what political factors do you think allowed for these men to become as wealthy
as they did?
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4. What specific groups were in the lowest part of Society?

5. Describe “Political Machine” (search on internet if you need help).

6. Why did immigrants turn to political machines?

Next page: Carnivals of Revenge-link at bottom of first page.

7. How many strikes/lockouts occurred in the 1880s?

9. What was governmental policy toward strikes?

12. What is the result of the labor-owner clashes?

Next page: Millionaire’s Row

14. What two “Robber Barons” worked out of Pittsburgh?

16. The Astros could host ______ people in their ballroom.

17. Describe the picture of the “Vanderbilt Chateau.”

Next page: go to People and Events; click on Andrew Carnegie

Next page: go to People and Events; click on Herbert Spencer

Inventions of the Gilded Age

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