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America's Gilded Age

Start
July 09, 2026
End
July 30, 2026
Schedule
4 sessions
#1.
July 09, 2026, 10:30 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#2.
July 16, 2026, 10:30 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#3.
July 23, 2026, 10:30 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#4.
July 30, 2026, 10:30 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
Location
Online

Registration

online – $15.00

America's Gilded Age

• Matt Reilly
• Thursday
• 7/9/26, 7/16/26, 7/23/26, 7/30/26
• 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
• $15.00

In 1865, America was a developing nation, with a largely agrarian economy and virtually no role in global aﬀairs. Yet by 1900, within 35 years, the US had emerged as the world's greatest industrial power. Over decades marked by economic, political, social, and technological upheavals, the US went from an agrarian, isolationist country to the world's greatest industrial power and a nascent superpower. This was a time rife with staggering excess, social unrest, and calls for reform. Industrialization gave rise to a huge American middle class; voluminous waves of immigration added new material to the melting pot; the phenomenon of big business led to the formation of labor unions and the adoption of consumer protections; electricity, cars, and other technologies forever changed the landscape of American life. In this course, you will investigate the economic, political, and social upheavals that marked these years, as well as the details of daily life and the cultural thinking of the times. This course utilizes clips from the Great Courses: America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era by Dr. Edward O’Donnell.

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