1. GILDED AGE
Spiraling Questions

2. GILDED AGE
In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.

3. GILDED AGE
Many historians believe that the election of 1896 was the most critical election of the post–Civil War years. Do you agree with this assessment? How did the election change American politics?

4. GILDED AGE
Why did the Populists gain so much power in the 1880s and 1890s, and why did they disappear soon after that?

5. GILDED AGE
How did railroads change American society, politics, and economy in the post–Civil War era?