1. The Gilded Age
SIN #31
Skim pages Fill in the outline using your book: (copy entire outline and put your answers underneath, but leave some space to add info)
Gilded Age (definition):
Individualism (definition):
Social Darwinism (definition):
Realism (what did artists portray?):
Social Gospel Movement (definition):
Settlement house (definition):
*Jane Addams (who was she?):
Americanization (who is in charge of it?):
Booker T . Washington (what did he start?):

2. Gilded Age: 1870’s-1900’s
Country looks really good on the outside, but underneath the surface you see the reality of really poor people, dirty conditions, struggling to survive
Will start to improve

3. individualism You can rise in society and improve your situation
Aka- the American Dream

4. Social Darwinism Survival of the fittest (plants and animals)
Philanthropy: many Robber Barons ended up giving back to their communities (Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center)

5. Realism Artistic movement to portray things as they actually are
Show the poor immigrants, bad working conditions

6. Pop Culture (page 267)
Write 3 activities people could do/see in cities
Life in cities wasn’t all bad- entertainment, recreation, inventions

7. Social Gospel movement
Movement to improve conditions in cities by church groups
Start of progressive movement

8. Settlement House Aka-Hull House
Place to go for social services, provided daycare, taught English
Jane Addams- started first settlement house

9. Americanization
Public schools taught young children how to read/write in English
Growth of education in USA, but not for African Americans or Native Americans

10. Booker T. Washington
Started first African American school (Tuskegee Institute) to teach students a skill

11. Ch 3 section 4 guided reading
SIN #31 cont.
** Will have some time in class to finish tomorrow