Day 7

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Day 7

• The Gilded Age Conspicuous Consumption

Record what you think to be the most alarming
statistic reported By Bernie Sanders.
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• An Age of Extremes
• Reading

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Objectives for TodayYou should be able to

• Define and list at least 2 characteristics of the
  Gilded Age
• Identify The Breakers
• Define and give at least 3 examples of
  Conspicuous Consumption
• Develop a position of the role government should
  play in dealing with severe economic disparity

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The Gilded Age

• Handout reading
• Gilded to cover something with a thin layer of
  gold to make it seem more attractive or valuable
  than it really is.
• Mark Twain

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What was the nation trying to gild?
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How did the American elite gild themselves?

• Handout reading
• Conspicuous Consumption-practice of acquiring
  goods beyond what one needs for sustenance.  He
  referred to the acquisition of goods for purposes
  of show and status
• Nouveaux Riches- New Rich
• Example in Titanic
• How is this person regarded?

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