Day 1 - Work on the Reconstruction Essay
Day 2 - Welcome to the Gilded Age!
- How did the United States need to rebuild after the Civil War?
- What does gilded mean?
- What is a monopoly?
- What is a trust?
- How did companies take over America after the Civil War?
- What is vertical & horizontal integration?
- How are companies like Amazon & Apple not monopolies, but pretty darn close?!
- What were the industries of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan & Ford
- How did the Johnstown Flood change Carnegie's life?
- How did Rockefeller change his public image?
- How did the Chicago Fire of 1871 change the way modern cities were built?
- What were some of the pros and cons of immigration & how did/do immigrants contribute to society?
- What were two pros and cons of urbanization in the late 19th century?
- How did the inventions of the late 19th century make America a "modern" nation?
- How do we still live in a "gilded" age?