Toward the Gilded Age

Series: Exploring Series

Duration: 0:25:00

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Graphic Curriculum | National Broadcasting Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the interval of American history between 1876 and 1898, which was highlighted by great inventions and the growth of "big business." Discusses Thomas Edison's inventions--the phonograph, telegraph, and the electric light bulb--and shows how the use of steel made skyscrapers and elevators possible. Compares the very wealthy, such as the Vanderbilts, Carnegies, and Rockefellers, with the poor majority who developed the productive Populists Movement. Depicts Theodore Roosevelt's emphasis on conservation, naval development and territorial expansion.

Complete Record: , Examines the interval of American history between 1876 and 1898, which was highlighted by great inventions and the growth of "big business." Discusses Thomas Edison's inventions--the phonograph, telegraph, and the electric light bulb--and shows how the use of steel made skyscrapers and elevators possible. Compares the very wealthy, such as the Vanderbilts, Carnegies, and Rockefellers, with the poor majority who developed the productive Populists Movement. Depicts Theodore Roosevelt's emphasis on conservation, naval development and territorial expansion.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.