America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
1865: “Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds”
S1 E1:
Begin to investigate the key historical forces that characterized the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, and the competing ideals that defined these eras. As a starting point, take account of the U.S. in 1865, and the extraordinary social, political, and economic changes unleashed by the devastation of the Civil War.