1) The Gilded Age represented two new and related phenomena in
American history, growing leisure and excessive consumption. How
did the Chicago World Fair embody these new values for late 19th
century
Americans?--------------------------------------------------2)
Using evidence from the book discuss the changes in women's lives
and opportunities in the late 19th century, as evidenced in the
lives and choices and deaths of Holmes' victims. What made them -
perhaps ironically -- so vulnerable if cities like Chicago to men
like him? --------------------------------------------------3) How
did the Chicago World's Fair represent the dream of a perfect city
of late nineteenth century America? What new technologies were
especially showcased there and what did they indicate about hopes
for the twentieth century?
