1877–1900 - Gilded Age

Jane Addams was a pioneer in the field of social reform involved in the Settlement House Movement. She is most famous for founding Hull House and for being the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Key facts about the life of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was an educator and activist who rose to prominence as a leader of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the 19th Century. Her dedication to suffrage and equal rights was memorialized with the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.

The Apache Wars were a series of raids, skirmishes, and battles fought between the United States and various Apache tribes in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The wars helped shape America’s Manifest Destiny and led to the rise of important Apache leaders, including Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, and Geronimo.

Chester A. Arthur facts, accomplishments, and timeline. 21st President of the United States.

Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States, serving from September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885. He succeeded President James Garfield after his assassination. He is most famous for signing the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which targeted the Spoils System. Arthur is notable for being the only person to serve as President without ever having been elected.

Clara Barton was an acclaimed humanitarian who is popularly known as the Angel of the Battlefield. She was the founder and first president of the American Red Cross, serving from 1881 to 1904.

Big Stick Diplomacy is the name given to President Theodore Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy, which expanded the Monroe Doctrine.

Bimetallism is a monetary policy that allows the unrestricted use of two metals, such as gold and silver, as currency. The United States largely operated on a “bimetallic standard” until 1873, when it started moving toward the Gold Standard.

Robert Campbell was an Irish-born Frontiersman, fur trader, and businessman. He is most famous for the years he spent trapping and exploring the American West and for various successful business ventures.

The 22nd and 24th U.S. President, Grover Cleveland is the only chief executive to serve two nonconsecutive terms in the White House.

James “Jim” Clyman was a frontiersman, mountain man, and explorer who rose to prominence in the early days of the Western Fur Trade. Clyman is most famous for keeping a detailed journal that was published as “Journal of a Mountain Man.”

The Crime of ‘73 was the demonetization of silver by the 1873 Coinage Act, which played an important role in shaping politics and monetary policy in the United States during the Gilded Age.

Dollar Diplomacy was the foreign policy followed by President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, using private American investment and government intervention to promote and protect U.S. commercial interests overseas. Although it achieved some successes, it failed to stop economic instability and revolution in several countries.

Free Silver was a policy that allowed for the unlimited production of silver coins by the United States Treasury. The policy was eliminated by the Coinage Act of 1873, which led to an outcry for its return, known as the Free Silver Movement, during the Gilded Age.

James Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. Before being elected, he was an educator and activist, representing Ohio in the House of Representatives. He served in the Civil War, rising to the rank of Major General in the Union Army. Although he is known as a brilliant military strategist and staunch civil rights advocate, he is most well-known for being the second President to be assassinated when Charles J. Guiteau shot him in July 1881.

America Moves to the City discusses immigration and urbanization during the Gilded Age.

Industry Comes of Age follows the transformation of the United States during the Industrial Revolution.

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution covers the transformation of the American West during the Gilded Age.

The Path of Empire covers the early years of the path to American Imperialism during the Gilded Age.