The Gilded Age key themes

Question 1

When was the Gilded Age?

Answer 1

1875-1896

Question 2

What was this a period of?

Answer 2

economic growth

Question 3

What were the state and Federal Governments concerned with?

Answer 3

-the social and economic impact of industrialisation and high level of immigration

Question 4

What did the impetus (motivation) turn from?

Answer 4

from reform to expansion

Question 5

What was life for African Americans like?

Answer 5

-segregation was officially approved by the Supreme Court in 1896->the political benefits for African Americans were severely reduced

Question 6

What was life like for women?

Answer 6

-women continued to take an active role in public activities->there was little progress in achieving the right to vote nationally
-economic diversification and expansion offered more opportunities for jobs->needed an educated workforce->women made progress in education
-position of workers didn’t improve much->wasn’t helped by the violent actions of some strikers

Question 7

What was life like for Native Americans?

Answer 7

-their position continued to decline as the reservations on which the US government had forced them to live were gradually reduced