Unit 3 Class Notes- the Gilded Age The Politics of the Gilded Age American experiment. While our nation’s population continued to grow, its civic health did not keep pace. The Civil War and Reconstruction led to waste, extravagance, speculation, and graft 155.28 Kb. 3
Cotton and the Civil War If slavery was the corner stone of the Confederacy, cotton was its foundation. At home its social and economic institutions rested upon cotton 25.5 Kb. 1
Bravo Zero: The Coast Guard Auxiliary in World War II Suddenly with "crunching impact" the submarine surfaced under them, lifting the cruiser and tumbling Lewis and crew onto their deck. Lewis's boat limped back to the station with the paint marks of the u-boat as souvenirs and proof of their 87.82 Kb. 3