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PRIMARY RESOURCES
thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
Made possible in part by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.
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Topic Framing Questions
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, how did Americans look back and look forward? |
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During this period, how did Americans promote the re-union of the nation? |
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How did they reconceptualize their sense of national identity?
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How was the American cultural mainstream defined at this time? |
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What messages and strategies of socialization did the government and other culture brokers extend to immigrants, African Americans, and Native Americans during this period? |
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What benefits and costs for these groups were associated with a strategy of assimilation?
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How did the city function as a site of assimilation?
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Topic Framing Question
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How did Americans respond to the shifts in economic and political power that occurred during this period? |
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How was the West incorporated into the nation? |
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How did Americans respond to the nation's changing role in world affairs at this time? |
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How did issues and concerns at home shape American policies and actions abroad?
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How did America project its power beyond its own borders?
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| "The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912" was made possible in part by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. |
Left image: William Glackens (American, 1870-1938), Chez Mouquin [At Mouquin's], 1905. Oil on canvas, 48 3/16 x 36 1/4 in. (121.9 x 99.1 cm). Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection, 1925.295. Permission pending. [Note: Mouquin's was a popular French restaurant in New York City.]
Right image: Thomas Anshutz (American, 1851-1912), The Ironworkers' Noontime, 1880, detail (full image). Oil on canvas, 17 x 24 in. (43.2 x 60.6 cm). The De Young Museum [Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco], Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, 1979.7.4. Permission pending. |
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