1. American Wealth of the Gilded Age 1890s – 1900s: Built on Industrial Revolution, new industries, technolgies, westward exapnsion imigration and pursit of the “American Dream”
The Biltmore Estate

2. Newport Summer Cottages
“The Breakers” A summer home built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II,
2,500 craftsmen and artisans between 1893 and The Vanderbilt’s daughter, Gertrude, celebrated her coming out party in the house.

3. Inside one of the Breakers 100 rooms

4. William K. Vanderbilt, Marble House . 500,000 cubic feet of white marble

5. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, wife of the American agent for the North German Lloyd steamship line.
Edward Julius Berwind, the largest single owner of coal properties in the country

6. William R. Hearst San Simeon

7. “The Pool”

9. Philanthropy Using ones wealth for the public good
Brooke Astor reigned over New York society with a disdain for pretension and devoted her considerable resources to New York's unfortunate

10. Carnegie Centre 1905 and 2003

11. Carnegie Hall New York

12. Mark Twain coined the “Gilded Age” What did he mean by the Gilded Age?
Mark Twain called the late nineteenth century the "Gilded Age." He meant that the period was glittering on the surface with great inventions, strong development of the nation, great industry and and opportunity attracted new immigrants.
However; the late nineteenth century was also a period of greed and guile: of Robber Barons, speculators, shady business practices, scandal-plagued politics, graft & political bosses. Vulgar displays of wealth to Twain were created by graft and by the exploitation of new immigrants and the poor.

13. Unregulated Wealth created during the Industrial and Gilded Ages
                
Unregulated Wealth created during the Industrial and Gilded Ages

14. The Gilded Age Great wealth buit on Indusrtial Age
Pre 1913 Income tax 16th amendment
Men built industry and dominated them (trusts,Monopoly Consolidation)
Great homes built based on highly skilled yest cheap immigrant labor.
Workers and Working Conditions give Rise of the unions, No Health care, poor working conditions. Child Labor. No real power yet due to fractionalization.
Violent Strikes ending in death
Women Sufferage fought for right to vote
Political coruption and graft

15. Tweed v. Nast
“William Boss Tweed” Leader of Tammany Hall Boss Tweed’s political Machine”
Thomas Nast Political Cartoonist resopnsible for changing public opion on many social and poliitcal issues. His cartoons changed opinions on Boss Tweed leading to Tweed’s downfall.
In a time when many could not read his complex symbolism was understood by all.
Responsible for drawing and coining the Elephand and Donkey for the Repulican and Democrat parties

16. Tweed’s New York Court House
Tweed’s Court house one of the city’s grandest and most important civic monuments." -- NYC Landmarks

17. Down Fall of Tweed
The courthouse is the legacy of Tammany Hall boss William M. Tweed. He gained control of the city treasury and plundered sums estimated at between $30 million and $200 million. Reformers and exposure by the press, including Thomas Nasts cartoons in Harper's Weekly, brought prosecution that resulted in Tweed's conviction and imprisonment
In 1873 “Boss” Tweed was tried and convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison. 
This, however, was reduced by a higher court, and he served one year. Arrested once more on other charges, he escaped and went to Cuba and then to Spain, but was extradited (1876) to the United States. He died in prison two years later.

18. Thomas Nast and the Downfall of Tweed

19. Child Labor

20. The Triangle Factory Fire 1911
The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

21. The Triangle Factory Fire 1911

22. Labor & Union/strike breaking
1892: Steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Carnegie's involvement in the union-breaking action left many men dead or wounded and forever tarnished Carnegie's reputation as a benevolent employer and a champion of labor.
Other notable strikes the Haymarket Affair WV Coal Miners

23. Reform that didn’t Happen
In the South: election of Rutherford Hayes ended Southern reconstruction. Removing troops and protection from freed african Americans. Rise of KKK
U.S. Grant Focus is in the west (corruption in his administration fuels mistrust and lack of confidence.
Garfield is shot trying to reform civil service patronage and corruption
Chester Arthur Garfield's vice pres. steps in and stops reform.
Presidents Cleveland and Harrison support big business over progressive reforms.

24. Reforms to come… leading to the Progressive Era
Tides turn on the ultra rich. Reform of workers, women's suffrage, taxes education, anti trust and morality!

25. Next to come… The Progressive Era
This picture illustrates pre 17th Amendment and the U.S. Senate. The 17th Amendment created public elections for senators..