September 24, 2014

Agenda:

1. Warm-up:  MC Questions 1-3 Page 393
2. Crash Course:  Gilded Age Completion
3. Populist Party Platform – Be able to identify and evaluate the major components of the Populist Platform. Which did they achieve? Which were the unable to achieve and why? Which became realities over a decade later and why at that time rather than sooner?
4. Review of Short Answer Practice Questions
5. Short Answer #3 Page 396 (Graded and Timed)

Topic: The Gilded Age

The rise of big business along with massive migration and urbanization led to efforts to reshape both the economy and the environment of the country. The “Gilded Age” brought mass marketing, increased consumption, and the creation of monopolies

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Technological changes, large-scale production, and pro-business government policies led to a “Gilded Age” that was also marked by corruption, the growth of monopolies, and the expansion of both domestic and international markets.

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Objectives:

Identify and utilization Historical Thinking Skills outlined by the College Board

Explain how Gilded Age politics and corruption ultimately led to the beginnings of reform efforts both in government and in addressing social concerns.

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Identify and explain how cultural and intellectual movements both supported and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age

(ID6) (CUL3) (CUL5)    

Enrichment:

William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech. What made Bryan the standard bearer for both the Democrats and the Populists at this time? Why, in spite of this appeal, was he never successful politically?

Using the chart in the test of “Marriages and Divorces, 1890-2008,” what conclusions can be drawn about the changing role of women at this time? What might have contributed to making those changes possible?