1) The Gilded Age represented two new and related phenomena in American history,

growing leisure and excessive consumption. How did the Chicago World Fair embod
y these new values for late 19th century Americans?
-------------------------------------------------2) Using evidence from the book discuss the changes in women's lives and opport
unities in the late 19th century, as evidenced in the lives and choices and deat
hs of Holmes' victims. What made them - perhaps ironically -- so vulnerable if c
ities like Chicago to men like him?
-------------------------------------------------3) How did the Chicago World's Fair represent the dream of a perfect city of l
ate nineteenth century America? What new technologies were especially showcase
d there and what did they indicate about hopes for the twentieth century?