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Objectives:
Explain the causes of increased economic opportunity and its effects on society.  
Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.​

Class Notes for the Day:

6.10- Development of the Middle Class

6.10 Slides

6.11- Reform in the Gilded Age

6.11 Slides

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Class Starter: What was the impact of anti-trust laws during the Gilded Age?

1. What story does this data tell?

2. Describe how these mergers typically came about.

3. What part of the government passed the Sherman Act?

4. What part of the government enforced the Sherman Act?

5. What was the actual impact of laws like this during the Gilded Age?

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Lecture: The Middle Class and Reforms

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Tips for Writing DBQs

1. Do NOT reference documents in any of the following:
   1. Introduction Paragraph
   2. Topic Sentences
   3. Clincher Sentences
   4. Conclusion Paragraph
2. Let your ideas drive your essay, not the documents.  You NEVER receive any credit for identifying or summarizing anything, so don't waste your time quoting.
3. The research has been done for you: quickly organize each document into a category you will write about in a particular paragraph
   1. Political, Economic, Social
   2. Similarities, Differences
   3. Positive Changes, Negative Changes
   4. Changes, Continuities
   5. Positive Effects, Negative Effects
   6. Causes, Effects
4. You must introduce each document, analyze it with regard to your thesis/topic sentences, and provide extended analysis for it.  I would address this in 3 sentences.  Here is a template you can use:
   1. "Document X shows...[describe main idea of document]."
   2. "This means that...[insert analytical statement]."
   3. You have different options for extended analysis:
      1. "It makes sense that X would say this because...[establish point of view]."
      2. "This was due to the fact that...[historical context]."
      3. "X said this because...[audience, purpose]."

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Closer: Explain how different reform movements responded to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age.​

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Next Topic: Politics in the Gilded Age
Ch. 23 Outline due
Meeting of the Minds in 2 class periods
​Test/LEQ in 3 class periods