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The Gilded Age To what extent was it an era of progress in America?
The Breakers
The Breakers – up close Vanderbilt’s Newport Playground
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Sod Houses: “ Honey, time to mow the roof”
“ The Breakers”    Sod-style!
Home Sweet Home: Livin’ the Good Life!
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Land Grant Colleges: A Sampling MISSOURI   University of Missouri   MONTANA  Montana  State University NEBRASKA  University of Nebraska   NEVADA  University of Nevada, Reno   NEW HAMPSHIRE  University of New Hampshire   NEW JERSEY  Rutgers NEW MEXICO  New Mexico State University NEW YORK  Cornell University   NORTH CAROLINA  North Carolina State University   NORTH DAKOTA  North Dakota State University   OHIO  Ohio  State University OKLAHOMA  O klahoma  State University   OREGON  Oregon  State University   PENNSYLVANIA  Penn State University   PUERTO RICO  University of Puerto Rico   RHODE ISLAND  University of Rhode Island   SOUTH CAROLINA  Clemson University   SOUTH DAKOTA  South Dakota State University   TENNESSEE  University of Tennessee   TEXAS  Texas  A&M University   UTAH  Utah  State University   VERMONT  University of Vermont   VIRGINIA  Virginia  Tech   WASHINGTON  Washington  State University   WEST VIRGINIA  West Virginia University   WISCONSIN  University of Wisconsin-Madison   WYOMING  University of Wyoming ALABAMA  Alabama  A&M University    Auburn University     Tuskegee University   ALASKA  University of Alaska, Fairbanks  ARIZONA  University of Arizona   ARKANSAS  University of Arkansas  CALIFORNIA  University of California   COLORADO  Colorado  State University   CONNECTICUT!!!!!  University of Connecticut   DELAWARE  University of Delaware   FLORIDA  Florida  A&M University     University  of Florida   GEORGIA  University of Georgia   IDAHO  University of Idaho   ILLINOIS  University of Illinois   INDIANA  Purdue University   IOWA  Iowa  State University   KANSAS  Kansas  State University   KENTUCKY  University of Kentucky   LOUISANA  Louisana  State University   MAINE  University of Maine   MARYLAND  University of Maryland   MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts  Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts   MICHIGAN  Michigan  State University   MINNESOTA  University of Minnesota   MISSISSIPPI  Mississippi  State University
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The Gilded Age

  • 1. The Gilded Age To what extent was it an era of progress in America?
  • 3. The Breakers – up close Vanderbilt’s Newport Playground
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  • 11. The Railroad Network, 1880 • pg. 596 The Railroad Network, 1880
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  • 15. Sod Houses: “ Honey, time to mow the roof”
  • 16. “ The Breakers”  Sod-style!
  • 17. Home Sweet Home: Livin’ the Good Life!
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  • 36. Land Grant Colleges: A Sampling MISSOURI University of Missouri MONTANA Montana State University NEBRASKA University of Nebraska NEVADA University of Nevada, Reno NEW HAMPSHIRE University of New Hampshire NEW JERSEY Rutgers NEW MEXICO New Mexico State University NEW YORK Cornell University NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina State University NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota State University OHIO Ohio State University OKLAHOMA O klahoma State University OREGON Oregon State University PENNSYLVANIA Penn State University PUERTO RICO University of Puerto Rico RHODE ISLAND University of Rhode Island SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson University SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota State University TENNESSEE University of Tennessee TEXAS Texas A&M University UTAH Utah State University VERMONT University of Vermont VIRGINIA Virginia Tech WASHINGTON Washington State University WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia University WISCONSIN University of Wisconsin-Madison WYOMING University of Wyoming ALABAMA Alabama A&M University Auburn University Tuskegee University ALASKA University of Alaska, Fairbanks ARIZONA University of Arizona ARKANSAS University of Arkansas CALIFORNIA University of California COLORADO Colorado State University CONNECTICUT!!!!! University of Connecticut DELAWARE University of Delaware FLORIDA Florida A&M University University of Florida GEORGIA University of Georgia IDAHO University of Idaho ILLINOIS University of Illinois INDIANA Purdue University IOWA Iowa State University KANSAS Kansas State University KENTUCKY University of Kentucky LOUISANA Louisana State University MAINE University of Maine MARYLAND University of Maryland MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts MICHIGAN Michigan State University MINNESOTA University of Minnesota MISSISSIPPI Mississippi State University
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Editor's Notes

  1. Page 594: Permanent and Temporary Bridge at Green River, Wyoming, by Andrew J. Russell, who took hundreds of photographs in 1868 and 1869 of the construction of the Union Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad. In the background is Citadel Rock. Credit: Reproduction from the collections of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-11235.
  2. Page 605: A combined reaper-thresher harvests wheat on a western “bonanza” farm, in a photograph from around 1890. Credit: Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  3. Page 608: Hunters shooting buffalo as the Kansas-Pacific Railroad cuts across the West, 1870s. Credit: Bettmann/Corbis.
  4. Page 615: The Bosses of the Senate, a cartoon from Puck , January 23, 1889, shows well-fed monopolists towering over the obedient senators. Above them, a sign rewrites the closing words of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “This is the Senate of the Monopolists, by the Monopolists, and for the Monopolists.” Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-494.
  5. Page 600: Next!, a cartoon from the magazine Puck , September 7, 1904, depicts the Standard Oil Company as an octopus with tentacles wrapped around the copper, steel, and shipping industries, as well as a state house and Congress. One tentacle reaches for the White House. Credit: Reproduction from the collections of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-435.