The+Gilded+Age

=Gilded Age=

What can you add to make this page relevant to your studies? For this section, each student will make at least one appropriate link and/or bring in appropriate material, so our resources will be the best suited for you and for class. Your addition to class is due by Friday September 19. Be creative but be relevant, and as always, follow the school technology policy.

For each link or brought in sources, do the following...
 * 1) add a simple 1-2 sentence summary of what the source is and how it relates to school
 * 2) add the [|mla citation] for the source, and put it directly under the link or embedded object

This assignment is worth 25 points (10 points each for the source and mla citation, 5 for the simple summary and relevance - using appropriate grammar of course :)

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 * To make a link to another web page, create a new bullet, and write your summary of the website in the appropriate category below. Highlight the word or phrase you want to make a link out of. Click on the 'Insert Link' button at the top of the page - it has a chain on it. Click the 'External Link' button and paste in the website URL in the space provided. Click 'OK', and you are good to go.
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 * History Websites**

"Gilded Age." PBS.org. 1999. 17 Sept. 2008 .
 * This site is a very educational site on the gilded age, for it has quotes and information about the time. It talks about Andrew Carnegie and the differences between the rich and poor and their lives. Read more of this to get all the info you need about the gilded age.

"The Gilded Age - Industrial Revolution In America." A Classification of American Wealth. American Wealth Classification. 21 Sept. 2008 .
 * [|This website] gives a decent amount of information about the Gilded Age time period; the summary brings up Rockerfeller, trusts, railroads and etc. I found this website to be very informative.

Miller, Worth Robert. "The Lost World of Gilded Age Politics." __Journal of the__ __Gilded Age and Progressive Era__ 1 (Jan. 2002): 49-67. 14 Sept. 2008 .
 * [|This website] discusses the politics of "The Gilded Age," and the "The Progressive Era." It discusses many topics such as corruption and what could of happened if things did not play out the way they did.


 * Newspaper Articles/Blog Posts/Contemporary Connections**

"The Gilded Age Notes, 1870-1895." Weblog post. __Re-thinking History__. 19 Sept. 2008. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://re-thinkinghistory.blogspot.com/2008/09/gilded-age-notes-1870-1895.html >.
 * This is a very educational blog that explains the Gilded Age in a simple easy-to-read manner. It gives an overview of the Gilded Age that resembles notes of a history class.[|Please click here.] Dennis, Dawn.


 * This [|article], written in 2005, reveals the most recent political issue of the dead voting. After the Governor's election, in King County, it was revealed that there were more voters than actual people living in the King County area. This can be directly related to the Gilded age because people found a way to get around the poll rules and vote more than once; in this case, it was voting under a dead person's name. This shows how we are, to some extent, in a gilded age with political corruption and power.
 * Lee, Phuong Cat, and Michelle Nicolosi. "Dead Voted in Governor's Race ." SeatlePi.com. 7 Jan. 2005. 22 Sept. 2008 .

This website is about the Gilded Age. It really discusses the basics and some of the more complex things about the gilded age, some of the leaders and causes and releif of the gilded age and its policies. This website is just basically a discussion of the Gilded age. Rashvitz, Earnest. "The Gilded Age." __The gilded Age__. 23 Sept. 2008 .
 * [|Click here]


 * Political Cartoons**

"John D. Rockefeller, Sr." __Answers.com__. 21 Sept. 2008 <[|http://http://www.answers.com/topic/john-d-rockefeller]>.
 * [[image:rockefeller.JPG]]This is a political cartoon of John D. Rockefeller. This cartoon displays the tremendous power that Rockefeller had. The artist uses a depiction of Rockefeller as a king and his empire (monopoly).


 * [[image:political_cartoon.jpg width="282" height="398" link="http://saxon-pascack.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/political_cartoon.jpg"]] This is a Political Cartoon created by Thomas Nast in 1876 called //Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-dum//. It Shows the Boss acting as a police man but wearing the clothing of a convict. During this time Tweed was a very well known man of New York. He cheated many people out of their money, through bribes and lies and stole millions from the city.

This is a political cartoon which depicts the Standard Oil Company, Rockfeller's company, as a monster that consumes everything in its path. It is a perfect portrayal and Rockefeller's empire, and if one looks closely at the picture, one could see that the monster hs his eyes set on the White House. "Standard Oil" __Google.com__. 22 Sept. 2008
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Standard_oil_octopus_loc_color.jpg/800px-]]

Here you see one of Thomas Nast's Famous political cartoons about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. It ortray's Boss tweed as Goliath and Reed Larson as David "Right To work Portrayed Through The Cartoonist's Eyes".Google.com.September,22.2008.

"The Rehearsal".Britannica.com.September,22.2008.
 * In this [|Thomas Nast political cartoon] you can see Boss Tweed ready to have a donkey head titled "Tweed's Status" placed on his head. Tweed rejects it saying he is not lacking common-sense. I think that Boss means he doesn't need to show that he is a jack-a**.**

This is a political cartoon which shows Boss tweed and his "shady" side. He is standing in a relaxed position next to a ballot which shows the idea that the votes don't matter, but the ballot counts do. "Political Cartoon the Gilded Age". google.com. 22 Sept. 2008
 * [[image:http://www2.truman.edu/parker/research/tweed.jpg]]

This is a political cartoon and a [|website] which gives a little bit of information of the author Thomas Nast. The cartoon though shows a little bit of how corrupt Boss Tweed was and how everyone was blaming him for stealing the people's money. "Nast, Thomas. "Who Stole the People's Money?" Cartoon. Who Stole the People's Money? Thomas Nast. ."
 * [[image:USAnast3.jpg]]

Videos


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This is an informative biography about John D. Rockefeller; it educates the viewer about both his childhood and his successful oil company. This video disproves any accusations of Rockefeller being a robber baron, for it demonstrates his generosity and interminable luck that followed him through all of his business decisions.
 * **media type="youtube" key="FwlN7kyKVSs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" height="349" width="425"This [|video] that some kid made is sick! It had everything in the Gilded Age that we are learning right now. Also the video has sweet pictures too. It talked about the rapid immigration and the robber barons. The video even talked about captains of America and how America is evolving into a "modern" country with the new business tactics and new inventions.**CITATION:**__YouTube__. 18 Sept. 2008 .**
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"John D. Rockefeller - A Short Biography." 2000. Online video clip. __The History Channel__. 25 August 2007. **

Kathleen, and Angel Taylor. "The Gilded Age Documentary." YouTube. 17 Feb. 2008. 21 Sept. 2008 .
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 * [|This]** **was a school project that was able to teach viewers about the Gilded Age through video, which I find more interesting and amusing. The video showed information about immigrants, Rockerfeller and Rockerfeller's immigrants.

media type="youtube" key="8IORnHwUsvo&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" This is one mans view about how today's Gilded Age is worse then the original. The video is informative and provides a straightforward approach and explanation about why today's Gilded Age is so bad compared to the original. This video managed to cover several different topics comparing both today's and the original Gilded age. Also coincidentally he seems to be from somewhere in the area, judging by his shirt.

Radiohogan. "The New Gilded Age." 21 Sept. 2008 .**


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 * This video is a fake interview with Boss Tweed. It does a great job of summing up Boss Tweed's political career. They talk about certain aspects of Tweed's career that we did not go into detail with, such as Tweed's arrest.

Bbmccoy. __Boss Tweed__. 11 June 2008. __YouTube__. 17 Sept. 2008 .

This is a website about the Gilded Age**

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 * This is a video about [|The Gilded Age] and the difference between the workers and bosses. It does a good job of summarizing many of the differences between the two, and the hard work the immigrants put in to try and live up to "The American Dream".
 * Mragins. __Workers and Bosses__. 19 October 2007. __Youtube__. 22 September 2008

Audio

Misc.**


 * Here's a pretty sweet [|page] about the Gilded Age. This page talks about the robber barons. It discusses Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It also talked about a book that was written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner called 'The Gilded Age.' The novel included "poking fun at political corruption and lambasted leading public figures of the era." CITATION: "Gilded Age (sidebar)." Issues & Controversies in American History. 14 Apr. 2006. Facts On File News Services. 18 Sept. 2008 <[|http://www.2facts.com]>.