The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: #VoicesofHistory

0:00 how have Americans responded to rapid changes caused by new innovations and technology large corporations a flood of immigrants and demands for equality this sounds like today’s debates but it is also the history of America of the period after the Civil War the Gilded Age and progressive era is an eight part curriculum that covers the period of

0:20 American history between 1876 and the 1920s while exploring this important era in our nation’s history students will gain knowledge of how our country found its voice on the world stage economically technologically and politically through these eight dynamic lessons students will learn about this period of rapid growth for our country and how it closely parallels many

0:41 aspects of modern day America topics include the rise of big business the rise of reform politics and the rise of American power in the world all available for free through voices of history get started today [Music]