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