THE GILDED AGE

GILDED AGE DEFINITION

• The gilded age was from 1870 to about the 1900s
• It was an era of rapid economic expansion
• This was the case in spefically the North and West
• Wages in America were much higher then those in Europe
• This increase in wages attracted many immigrants to America

CHILD LABOR

• This photo displays a boy that does no havw the simplest education
• He is 12 year old Furman Owens
• He can not read, he does not know his ABC's
• He has been in the mills since he was 8

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

• This photo is of women marching to gain equal rights for women
• This photo was taken in 1913 New York City and features the youngest woman suffragist

URBANIZATION

• This photo depicts a dead guy caused by a murder
• A side effect of urbanization is an increase in crime
• The more people you have packed in a small place, the more crime you have

SEGREGATION

• This is a small negro school house in the 1920's
• It is very rundown and does not have the supplies and resources the white kids have.
• It is very unfair to the black kids to have such a poor education

POPULISM

• This is a farmer shown working on his fields
• Populism is the belief that regular people have the power
• A farmer is an example of a regular person

IMMIGRATION

• This a Chinese man that came to America
• He probably came here for a new opportunity or religious freedom

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