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GILDED AGE
The Gilded Age1. This era known as the Gilded
Age.
2. A gilded object is made of cheap metal, but coated in a thin layer of gold.
a. Think of the candy gold coins…Grrrr
3. The USA seemed perfect from the outside, but was actually full of many problems.
Poor1. People moved to the cities for factory
jobs.
2. Created neighborhoods of same culture/country
a. Why?
Typical Big City Street (Early 1900s)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tenements above Crowded Streets
-What are
the buildings missing?
Tenements1. Families lived in cheap apartments
called tenements.
2. Tenements had many problemsa. No heat, windows, indoor bathroomsb. Often filled with diseasesc. Why would anyone be willing to live here?
i. Very inexpensive
Inside a tenement
-What kind
of conditions
these people are living in.
-What are a few things that are missing?
New York City tenement (1890)
Tenements above
Crowded Streets
-What are the white
lines?
New York City tenement (1912)
New York City tenement (1890)
New York City tenement (1889)
Tenement neighborhood of New York City (1890)
New York City tenement (1888)
New York City tenement(1889)
Middle Class1. Educated people, such as doctors
and lawyers, moved their families to
the suburbs.
a. The suburbs were the outer edges of the cities.
2. Neighborhoods were much cleaner and safer.
3. Houses had hot water, indoor plumbing, and electricity.
Most people worked in the city but lived outside in the suburbs
Why would they choose to live here?
Wealthy
1. Wealthiest families lived in large mansions in the cities.
a. Often they had second houses in the country.
2. Rich people bought expensive artwork and gave fancy parties.
Breakers, the Vanderbilt mansion, in Newport, RI
Carnegie Mansion in New York City
Kykuit , the Rockefeller mansion, in New York
Forest Hill, the Rockefeller Mansion, in Cleveland, OH
Vanderbilt Mansion in New York
Fair Lane, the Ford Mansion, in Michigan
Vanderbilt Mansion in New York City
Lyndhurst, the Gould Mansion, in New York