US History Survey Mini-Lectures1865 to the Present

Gilded Era Progress & Poverty1877-1893

Week 1 Virtual ClassroomThe Industrialization of America

Mini-Lecture 1: Building a Railroad System in an Unstable Economy

The Industrialization of America

Building a Railroad System in an Unstable

Economy

US History Survey1865 to the Present

Gilded Era Progress & Poverty1877-1893

Week 1 Virtual ClassroomThe Industrialization of America

Mini-Lecture 2: The Emergence of Urban-Industrial Life; The Making of an Industrial

Working Class

Emergence of Urban-Industrial Life

The Emergence of Urban-Industrial LifeJacob Riis

NY Times Photo Gallery

Making of an Industrial Working Class

Making of an Industrial Working Class

(Cont.)

US History Survey1865 to the Present

Gilded Era Progress & Poverty1877-1893

Week 1 Virtual ClassroomPower and Profit

Mini-Lecture 3: Businessmen Justify Their Rule and Seek Control; New Management

Systems; Businessmen Look to Politics

Businessmen Justify Their Rule and Seek

Control

John D. Rockefeller Sr

New Management SystemsCyrus

McCormick

Businessmen Look to Politics: Issues

Businessmen Look to Politics: TimelineCompromise of

1877

Businessmen Look to Politics:

New Forms of Campaign Finance

John Wanamaker

Andrew Carnegie: Gospel of Wealth (clip)

US History Survey1865 to the Present

Gilded Era Progress & Poverty1877-1893

Week 1 Virtual ClassroomThe South and West Industrialize

Mini-Lecture 4: The New South; Crop Liens, Debt, and Sharecropping

The New South

Crop Liens, Debt, and Sharecropping

US History Survey1865 to the Present

Gilded Era Progress & Poverty1877-1893

Week 1 Virtual ClassroomThe South and West Industrialize

Mini-Lecture 5: Conflict on the Plains; Western Farming and Ranching; Extractive

Industries and Exploited Workers

Conflict on the PlainsRichard Henry

Pratt

Before

After

Conflict on the Plains

Conflict on the Plains: Wounded

Knee Massacre

Corpse of Big Foot at Wounded Knee Dakota Territory, December 28,1890

(See American Horse's Description in Text)

Wounded Knee Massacre

Western Farming and Ranching

Extractive Industries

Workers in Extractive Industries

Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School