The Gilded Age
The Progressive Era
Essential Questions
- Was the reshaping of the West beneficial for all Americans?
- Was the growth of industry beneficial to all Americans?
- How democratic was America at the turn of the century?
- At the turn of the century, were American cities full of “light” or full of “shame”?
- Should the United States open its “golden door” to anyone and everyone?
- To what extent did America approach the sentiment that “all men and women are created equal”?
- To what extent is America at the turn of the twentieth century (then) similar to the turn of the twenty-first century (now)?
- How does the literature of the time act as a mirror and a window into the turn of the twentieth century?
Vocabulary
List #4 ~ Turn of the Twentieth Century
The Voices of the West
Click here for The Voices of the West.
The Voices of Women
Click here for The Voices of Women.
The Voices of Cities
Click here for Cities at the Turn of the Century.
Other Resources
Some reliable sources for literature – What So Proudly We Hail / Poetry Foundation / American Literature Sites / VoS American Literature
American Stories Rule! 