Curated Video
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?
Weird History
Unbelieveable Gilded Age Excesses
Rich families of the Gilded Age lived lives nearly unimaginable today. The Gilded Age wealth disparity was so extreme that people today often compare them to what modern society terms the "one-percent" class.
C-SPAN
On This Day: The Chicago Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903
When sparks ignited a fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago in 1903, it was one of the greatest public safety tragedies of the twentieth century. Even though the theater did not take basic safety precautions, no one was held...
Bill of Rights Institute
The Gilded Age, Robber Barons and the Rise of Big Business
Survival of the fittest! Scholars investigate an AP review video to discover the era of big business during the Gilded Age. Viewers examine the place of Robber Barons in society and its impact on the workforce in America. This is the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Misunderstanding Evolution: Social Darwinism
In this video lesson from Khan Academy, a historian and biologist discuss how evolution really works and how sociologists in the Gilded Age misunderstood its application to human society.