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.

Website informing readers on the daily life of children working in the mines during the Industrial Age. Site provides an overview with photos about the hours, types of jobs and working conditions.

A learning module on the Gilded Age. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore the conditions that fostered industrial growth...

This article from a wider history of the world focuses on presidential administrations from Benjamin Harrison in 1890 through the Wilson administration. Read about the domestic policies and foreign affairs from 1890-1920.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.

A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.

This collection uses primary sources to explore settlement houses during the Progressive Era.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

A quick comprehension check over labor in the Gilded Age.

A quick comprehension check over immigration and migration in the Gilded Age.

Lewis Hine documented the conditions of life during the industrial development of America. His photographs show the impact of both child labor and immigration.

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.

A look into the coal mining industry in the Gilded Age through maps, timelines, images, and primary source documents.

Ale was an important beverage in the Middle Ages as it was considered to be a healthier drink than the often polluted waters, and women played a major role in brewing it. They often brewed it at home, and sold some to neighbors. The...

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Populist Movement.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Acts.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.

This collection uses primary sources to explore early Chinese immigration to the United States.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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...

As the United States became a major industrial power, conflict between workers and factory owners intensified. Read about the Homestead Strike and the Pullman Strike, two of the most famous labor battles in American history.