Question 1.

 Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from era of the Gilded Age (Chapters 16-18).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented.  

Question 2

 Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from era beginning with American Imperialism through World War I (Chapters 19-21).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented.   

Textbook: AmericaThe Essential Learning EditionSECOND EDITION, VOLUME TWO