Reconstruction · Daily Life

Daily Life

How Americans lived as the nation rebuilt and industrialized — the crowded new cities, the ranchers and homesteaders of the West, and the food, schools and rhythms of everyday life.

How Americans Lived

Daily Life in the Gilded Age

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City

Cities

The booming, crowded industrial cities of the late 19th century.

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Frontier

Ranchers

The cattle ranchers and cowboys of the open western range.

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Frontier

Homesteaders

The settlers who claimed and farmed the Great Plains.

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Table

Food

What Americans ate as the nation industrialized.

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Learning

Education

Schools and learning in the age of industry.

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