The Bronx H.S. of Science
Semester Project
AP United States History
N. Wohl
Exploring American in the Gilded Age
 due Thursday, January 8, 2009.
You are fortunate to be living in this age of great change (1877 – 1900). You are a fourth generation
white, Protestant, American male spending twenty-three years exploring your native land trying to be the
Alexis de Tocqueville of your era. You will explore America. As you travel across America, you will keep
a diary and plot your wanderings. This is a creative project, so be imaginative. This material is covered in
you textbook in Chapters 17, 18, 19 & 20.
The Diary
On your journey, you will meet one person from each of the categories (1-5) and two persons from
category 6. In your diary, you will record your impressions of the people you meet and the places you go. In
your diary, you will record where you me the people you selected, under what circumstances (what is going
on around you – the event), why they are important in American life and include a significant statement
(actual quote – not a picture or cartoon) from the person you are meeting. Some of the people you meet may
not be part of a specific event, but expounding an idea - be sure to explain their ideas and why they have
them. For the artists/architects, describe one of their major works (name it) and place it in the “school” to
which it belongs. For the authors, include a quotation from one of their works which illustrates their theme.
You must include them logically by date; therefore you might only have one entry for 1879 and several for
1896. See reverse side for selection.
The Map
At the front of your diary, you will have a map on which you plot your journey. Be sure you identify
your route, and cities and places visited in order.
Bibliography
A properly formatted bibliography must be included at the end of your diary. You must use at least 5
sources. A URL is not a sufficient entry. All web-based sources must have a copyright and publisher to be
valid. Encyclopedias are an inappropriate source for a college level paper. Format must be consistent
throughout.
Scoring Guidelines
Each entry is worth 10 points. Diary entries will be graded as follows: significance (4), description
(3), and quote (3). The map is worth 15 points. Properly formatted bibliography is worth 10 points. Overall
quality – including spelling, grammar, organization, and presentation – is worth 5 points.
Category 1 - Industrialists
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Clay Frick
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Leland Stanford
Category 4 – Farmer/Farmer Issues
William Jennings Bryant
Joseph Glidden
Oliver Kelley
Mary Ellen Lease
Category 2 – Professor/Thinker/Intellect
Edward Bellamy
John Dewey
Charles W. Elliot
William Graham Sumner
Frederick Jackson Turner
Category 5 – Unionist/Laborite
Eugene Debbs
Samuel Gompers
Terence Powderly
Category 3 – Reformer
Jane Adams
Susan B. Anthony
Alice Hamilton
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Dwight Moody
Thomas Nast
Ida B. Wells
Frances Willard
Category 6 – Miscellaneous (one from A one from B)
A
Chief Joseph (Nez Perce)
George A. Custer
Geronimo
Mark Twain
B
W.E.B. du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Henry George
John M. Harlan
William “Boss” Tweed
Name_______________________________
EXPLORING AMERICA IN THE GILDED AGE
Diary Entries
(1) Industrialists
(Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Jay Gould, J.P. Moran, John D. Rockefeller, Leland Stanford)
significance (4)_____ description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(2) Professor/Thinker/Intellect
(Edward Bellamy, John Dewey, Charles W. Elliot, William Graham Sumner, Frederick Jackson Turner)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(3) Reformer
(Jane Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Hamilton, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Dwight Moody, Thomas Nast, Ida
B. Wells, Frances Willard)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(4) Farmer/Farmer Issues
(William Jennings Bryant, Joseph Glidden, Oliver Kelley, Mary Ellen Lease)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(5) Unionist/Laborite
(Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(6) Miscellaneous
(A- Chief Joseph (Nez Perce), George A. Custer, Geronimo, Mark Twain)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
quote (3)_____
(B - W.E.B. du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Henry George, John M. Harlan, William “Boss” Tweed)
significance (4)_____
description (3)_____
Map
cities/places identified (4)____
route identified (4)____
quote (3)_____
visits numbered (4)____
overall aesthetics (3)____
Properly Formatted Bibliography (10)_____
consistent format, alphabetical by author, title is underlined, includes copyright and publisher, website
entries are more than a URL – must have copyright, title of website
Overall quality (5) _____
spelling, grammar, organization, and presentation