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The American Dream
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What We Know
In the period following the Civil War, Zinn described the American Working Class as "like slaves and Indians - invisible most of the time, but frightening to the elite if they started un uprising."
Why do you think Zinn uses this kind of language to describe the conditions of working people?
Do you thinkt his a fair description of how working people were treated after the war?
Task:
Compare and Contrast
You've already read how Howard Zinn feels about this era. Let's define his view together.
In at least one paragraph, choose which version of history you think is MORE accurate. If you think both are accurate, explain why.
Describe the video we just watched. How does it frame the period differently than Howard Zinn?
Whose perspectives are shown, and whose are left out?
The Guilded Age
the Gilded Age is a period approximately spanning the final three decades of the nineteenth century; from the 1870s to 1900. The term was coined by writers Mark Twain, satirizing what they believed to be an era of serious social problems disguised by a thin gold gilding.
This was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West, but also much social conflict. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants. But working conditions were dangerous and immigrant life was often difficult.
The South remained economically devastated; its economy became increasingly tied to cotton and tobacco production, which suffered low prices. Blacks in the South were stripped of political power and voting rights.
Another Perspective
History is the study of change over time, and some historians have seen those changes very differently. Let's hear another perspective. This short video is about a giant of the period, Andrew Carnegie.
Watch and take notes.
http://www.history.com/topics/andrew-carnegie/videos/the-men-who-built-america-the-american-dream?m=5189719baf036&s=All&f=1&free=false#