Unit 1 Gilded Age CHOICE BOARD: Due
by the beginning of class
Monday, 8/18/16! You must complete 1 choice from each row.
A
B
C
Identify and explain
the significance for
each of the 25 Gilded
Age Terms. You
may handwrite, type,
or “flashcard” them.
Only
complete/thorough
IDs/explanations will
receive full credit.
Create a KAHOOT
covering the 25
Gilded Age topics
using getkahoot.com
(Quality questions
count!)
Be sure to share with
MrsBHistoryI36 and
be prepared to
present.
Create a Powerpoint
with 1 slide for each
of the 25 Gilded Age
topics. Each slide
must have minimally
1 pic and 1
paragraph. Be sure to
email the ppt or share
it on Google Docs.
Create an original
political cartoon
illustrating your
understanding of a
political machine.
(must be neat and in
color for full credit)
Create a posterboard
sized presentation
illustrating your
understanding of
minimally 4
industrialists of the
Gilded Age.
Create a journal entry
Take a stand!
Monopolies: good or
bad for Gilded Age
United States? Why?
What should have
been the
government’s
policies in dealing
with business in the
Gilded Age? (minimum
Watch
Watch
Create a 10 question
quiz for each video
which illustrates your
viewing and points out
the most important
Gilded Age info.
Create a 10 question
quiz for each video
which illustrates your
viewing and points out
the most important
Gilded Age info.
1-page typed, double-spaced,
TNR)
(links on back and
Schoology)
(minimum 1-page typed, double-
for a person
who took advantage
of the Homestead
Act. Illustrate your
spaced, TNR)
understanding of the Act
to receive full credit.
(links on back and
Schoology)
Industrial Economy: http://youtu.be/r6tRp-zRUJs?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
WEST: http://youtu.be/Q16OZkgSXfM?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
Growth, cities, and immigration: http://youtu.be/RRhjqqe750A?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
Gilded Age Politics: http://youtu.be/Spgdy3HkcSs?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
1.
Gilded Age
2.
John Rockefeller, Standard Oil
3.
Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Steel
4.
Monopoly/Trust
5.
Horizontal and vertical integration
6.
Thomas Edison
7.
Ellis Island
8.
New Immigrants
9.
Nativism
10. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
11. Urbanization
12. Political machines
13. Boss Tweed, Tammany Hall
14. Union
15. Knights of Labor
Gilded Age/Unit 1 topics are
covered in Chapters 5-8 in our
textbook. Use the text in this
unit to supplement our course
notes and homework
assignments. Look up any topic
you feel unsure of in the
textbook index and read that
section. I may assign certain
sections for remediation or
supplement as the week
progresses. Our first unit test is
scheduled for FRIDAY!!
16. American Federation of Labor
17. Samuel Gompers
18. Homestead, Haymarket, and Pullman strikes
19. Transcontinental railroad
20. Homestead Act
21. Sitting Bull
22. Wounded Knee
23. Jim Crow laws
24. Sharecropping, Crop lien
25. Plessy v Ferguson