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Austin Community College: Gilded Age Politics
This site from the Austin Community College is an excellent site with detailed description of the farmers plight during the Gilded Age including tariff policies and monetary policies.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 6: 1865 1898: Politics in the Gilded Age
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The politics in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Patronage/populism: Politics of Gilded Age
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.
Missouri State University
Missouri State University: Lost World of Gilded Age Politics
This extensive look at politics between 1876 and 1896 describes how the Republican Party functioned during this time and how the excesses in politics resulted in reform and the next era in politics, the Progressive Era. A very...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Mark Twain, the Gilded Age
A critique of a realistic novel of the Gilded Age entitled "The Gilded Age." "The title is a masterly epigraph on the flushed, corrupt period of the Reconstruction."
OpenStax
Open Stax: Gilded Age 1870 1900: Political Corruption in Postbellum America
Read about federal politics during the Gilded Age and why not much was accomplished during this time.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: 1865 1900: The Gilded Age
Look in depth at the Gilded Age of history in the United States. Find resources enhancing lessons of immigration, industrialization, railroads, Native Americans, and politics.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Us History: The Gilded Age
AP U.S. History learning module covers information on the Gilded Age. Comprehensive materials and interactive resources, assignments and assessment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 6: 1865 1898: Politics in the Gilded Age
This practice exercise from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Politics in the Guilded Age is reviewed in this resource. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898 Politics in Gilded Age: Populist
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The Populist political party was discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History History Unit: Period 6: 1865 1898: Unit Test
This unit practice test from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Western expansion, the Gilded Age, and the "New South" are components of this unit test. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Gilded Age
Given background information, students will be able to identify economic, social, and political issues surrounding the Gilded Age. Students will identify significant historical figures associated with the Gilded Age.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Gilded Age 1870 1900: Key Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, Gold
Political patronage was a big problem in the late 19th century and led to corruption within the government. This made it difficult to reform the civil service. Tariffs were another big issue and affected economic groups in different...
Other
Gilded Age Slide Show
A class project slideshow about the Gilded Age covering topics such as: Reformers, Mark Twain, Spoils System, political candidates, and lots more.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Farmers' Revolt in the Populist Era
Learn about the development of the farmers' protest movement in the 19th century, and how it evolved into a political movement.
Northern Illinois University
Illinois in the Gilded Age: 1896: The Cross of Gold
This is a very informative look at the politics involved in the campaign of 1896 where one of the main issues was the conflict between the gold standard and free silver. Read about the results of the election and the defeat of Populist...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Gilded and Gritty: America, 1870 1912: Power: Taming the Octopus
A series of primary resources for students and teachers explores public response to the economic and political shifts during the Gilded Age. Includes questions for guided reading and links to supplemental material.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Gilded and Gritty: People: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City
Collection of ten primary resources on the culture, economy and politics of the Gilded Age between 1870-1913, with reading guide for discussion, timeline and links to supplemental material.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Carnegie and the Gilded Age
This site provides a brief overview of the Gilded Age in America, focusing on the role Carnegie played.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The Gilded Age: The Populists
Explains the history of the Populist movement, its growth into a political party, and its later dissolution. Includes questions for students at end.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Politics of the Gilded Age
Politics in the last half of the 19th century reflected mediocrity at best and corruption at worst. Read about the series of "forgettable presidents," beginning with Andrew Johnson. Find out how big business could buy the government that...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s
Learn about the factors that helped the Populist Party gain followers and what caused it to lose them after the 1896 presidential election.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Patronage and Populism: The Politics of the Gilded Age
The resources here, including letters, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the exodus of African Americans from the South to the Great Plains in the late 1800s.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
A Stanford University site about popular literature during the Gilded Age.