Use this Lesson with The Annexation of Hawaii Narrative to show how American policymakers and businesses looked outside U.S. borders to continue expanding American influence.

Use this Lesson with the Cartoon Analysis: Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896 Primary Source to highlight the way immigrants were regarded and treated during the Gilded Age.

Use this Lesson with the Andrew Carnegie and the Creation of U.S. Steel Narrative and the Were the Titans of the Gilded Age "Robber Barons" or "Entrepreneurial Industrialists"? Point-Counterpoint to highlight the impact businessmen like Carnegie had on industry and philanthropy in the Gilded Age.

Use this Lesson with the Ignatius Donnelly and the 1892 Populist Platform Narrative and the William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold," speech 1896 speech Primary Source to give students a deeper understanding of Gilded Age political platforms.

Use this Lesson with the Booker T. Washington, "Speech to the Cotton States and International Exposition," 1895 Primary Source to allow students to analyze and compare arguments for the early African American civil rights movement.

If this is the first time your students have considered constitutional principles, have them use the Principles and Virtues Glossary and focus specifically on checks and balances, due process, federalism, freedom of contract, liberty, and private property.

This lesson should be used as the conclusion of the unit.

Two scholars debate this question.

Two scholars debate this question.

Two scholars debate this question.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

What impact did industrialization have on American society?

What were the societal impact of the transcontinental railroad?

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898.

By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.

Explore how Carnegie became one of the richest men in the U.S.

Why do Americans romanticize the image of cowboys?

How did Ida Wells fight for justice for African Americans?

Was the annexation of Hawaii an act of imperialism?

How did Jane Addams help immigrants in the U.S.?

What sparked the rise of the Populist movement?

Why did unions and management battle each other in the 1890s?

How did Plessy v Ferguson affect segregation in the U.S.?

By the end of this section, you will explain how cultural and economic factors affected migration patterns over time.

How did a changing view of government’s responsibility during the Gilded Age affect American society?

Answer Key for Chapter 9 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness