Era 6: The Gilded Age (1870-1900)
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Era 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Era 3: Revolution and New Nation (1754-1820s)
Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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Era Six One-page Guide PDF (This is a one page document for teachers to reference when creating their lesson plans. By checking the standards that apply, teachers can show how their lessons meet district, state, and national curriculum Standards.)
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Era Six Summary PDF
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Era Six: Standard Guide PDF
Pinterest Board for this Era
![]() Title: American progress Creator(s): Crofutt, George A. Date Created/Published: c1873. Medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 37.6 x 49 cm (sheet) Summary: Print shows an allegorical female figure of America leading pioneers westward, as they travel on foot, in a stagecoach, conestoga wagon, and by railroads, where they encounter Native Americans and herds of bison. |
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Presentations
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American Indians in Photography slide Presentation from Professor Mick Gidley
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Looking at Photographs: A Selective Reading List
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Elliott West: The Wild West; Bison and the West; Elliott's notes for the presentation (includes the quotes)
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Mary Murphy: The New South; and Notes
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The Industrial West: Act II by Dr. Elliott West
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The World’s Convention by Dr. Elliott West
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Water and Power in the West by Dr. Elliott West
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Eastern Dudes and the Imagined West by Dr. Elliott West
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Skull Wars by Dr. Walter Fleming
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The Greater Reconstruction by Dr. Elliott West
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Wired to the World by Dr. Elliott West
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Chief Joseph and the Trials of Native America by Prof. Elliott West
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The Dawes Act by Dr. Walter Fleming
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Bonehunters and Tickpickers: Science on the Great Plains by Prof. Elliott West
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Buffalo Bill at the World’s Fair by Prof. Bob Rydell
Curriculum
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Labor of Sorrow: Ludlow by Master Teacher, Jim McNeill
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All in the Family by Master Teacher, Jim McNeill
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Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? by Christine Sink (Powerpoint) and (Handout of Packet)
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Living in Victorian America by Danice Toyias
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Reconstruction Report Card by Christine Sink
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The Freedman’s Bureau by Christine Sink
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Progress and the Progressive Era by Danice Toyias
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Creating a Primary Source Museum: The Progressive Era by Christine Sink
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The Copper Revolution by Danice Toyias
Barney Old Coyote: Crow Treaties, Acts, and Executive Orders
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Act of March 3, 1871
The Gilded Age
“The Clarks: an American story of wealth, scandal and mystery” (article)
"The Homestead Strike" (from PBS)
P.T. Barnum, The Art of Money Getting
Henry George, Progress and Poverty (Chapter 1)
Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class (Introduction)
Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth
Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois: The Problem of Negro Leadership (Lesson from Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute by Robert Gibson)
Also see Era 7 for additional resources and links
Bibliography of Western and Cowboy Literature in American History
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Aquila, Richard. Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West in Popular Culture. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1996.
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Athearn, Robert G. The Mythic West. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 1986.
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Carlson, Paul H. The Cowboy Way: An Explanation of History and Culture. Lubbock : Texas Tech Press, 2000.
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Deloria, Philip. Playing Indian. New Haven : Yale Press, 1998.
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Slotkin, Richard. The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890. Middletown : Wesleyen Press, 1985. (second in a series of books on this subject by Slotkin)
Links and Resources
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All Must Work Under My Direction, 1882 contract between African-American tenant farmers and plots of land on the Grimes' plantation in Pitt County, North Carolina.
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Link for the ten-page sample script: Railroad Voices
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The Gilded Age by Joel Schrock: The Cost of Products 1890-1899
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