Define Gilded Age and Name SIX characteristics of the Gilded Age.

OBJECTIVE:
Demonstrate an understanding of the term Gilded Age and be able to access whether we are in a new gilded age.
FORMAT:
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DIRECTIONS
Watch introduction video (6:39)ARE WE IN A NEW GILDED AGE VIDEO
Watch Video “The Gilded Age Chapter 1 (10:06) (THE GILDED AGE (PBS) Chapter 1. 10:06)
Watch video “Los Angeles: A city with 58,000 homeless and one house on the market for $500 million” (3:58) Los Angeles A city with 58,000 homeless and one house on the market for $500 million
Read article: Are We Living in the Gilded Age 2.0 ?Are We Living in the Gilded Age 2.pdf
Create a document to be submitted into dropbox. Are We in a New Gilded Age: Introduction to Week Two
Dropbox directions
Part One:
•Define Gilded Age and Name SIX characteristics of the Gilded Age. For each characteristic give a brief one to two sentence explanation .
Part Two
•Identify TWO similarities between today and the Gilded Age and explain why. Name at least TWO DIFFERENCES FROM TODAY.
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YOU CAN ONLY USE THE MATERIAL PRESENTED AND YOUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE THE MATERIAL.
********************SAMPLE ANSWERS-PLEASE DO NOT USE AS YOUR ONE OF YOUR ANSWERS*************************
•PART ONE
1. Voter Suppression. A characteristic of the Gilded Age was voter suppression where efforts were made to stop African Americans and poor whites from voting through laws and literacy tests.
•PART TWO
1. Voter Suppression
•In the Gilded Age, politicians used tactics to keep people from voting, This included violence and intimidation of African American men and legal schemes like literacy tests. (from the article)
•Today, America is still seeing attempts at voting suppression through new voting laws and limitations on voting. (article). There have also been backlash against voting by mail (my personal knowledge)

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