1 / 17

Gilded Age Fishbowl

Gilded Age Fishbowl. Wohlgy - US History. What is a Fishbowl? . Gilded Age TEST Grade. Let’s learn each other’s names….once and for all…. Reading Like A Historian . What was this unit all about? .

penha
Download Presentation

Gilded Age Fishbowl

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Gilded Age Fishbowl Wohlgy- US History

  2. What is a Fishbowl?

  3. Gilded Age TEST Grade Let’s learn each other’s names….once and for all….

  4. Reading Like A Historian

  5. What was this unit all about? • Consumerism, changes in leisure time (sports, music, entertainment), advancements in education and literacy, technology, and communications • Corruption and poverty in cities • Issues with farming • Problems with currency and economic issues • Status of African Americans in the South after Reconstruction

  6. DuBois and Washington • 1. Washington has been a very controversial figure. Some historians say that he was a sell-out who kissed up to white people; others say he was realistic about the situation in the South, and tried to avoid inciting white hostility. What do you think? • 2. what was DuBois’s critique of Washington? Do you think he makes a good point? Why or why not?

  7. DuBois and Washington • 3. Why might some of Washington’s supporters say that DuBois didn’t understand what life was like in the South? Based on what he wrote, do you think DuBois was clueless about what was happening in the South? • 4. Based on these documents, who do you think was a stronger advocate for the rights of African-Americans: Booker T Washington or W.E.B. DuBois?

  8. The Issue of Race… • DuBois said that the issue of race was going to be “the issue of the 20th century.” While we are now in the 21st century, what is the issue of the 21st century? Is it still race?

  9. Shop ‘til you Drop • During the Gilded Age, middle class Americans tried to consume (buy) things to make themselves seem richer than they really were. They tried to emulate the fashions and products of Europeans. Do Americans still do this? If so, are advertisements to blame?

  10. Technology and America • Like the Gilded Age, America has developed a love for new gadgets and technologies. Has our cultural emphasis on technology improved our country or have we lost ourselves in technological fervor?

  11. “Power Corrupts.” • Many Gilded Age politicians were corrupt. Americans began to push for reforms (change in government) to fix these problems. Do we need government reforms today? Can we really succeed in keeping politicians honest?

  12. Election of 1896 • The Election of 1896 divided the nation into Americans who were pro-Gold (typically wealthy Americans) and those who wanted silver added to the currency supply (farmers, populists, industrial workers). In 2012, what issue do you think will divide America? Will we see a class division as we did in 1896?

  13. Who would be the modern “trusts?”

More Related