Harp Week
Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: Events
Read about the domestic policies and events that occured in Grover Cleveland's first term of office. Many of these were events on which he would run as he sought his second term.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
Read about the domestic legislation of Woodrow Wilson, a progressive president who won the election of 1912. See how the policies he proposed won him the support of those who believed in the platform of the Bull Moose Party.
US National Archives
Nara: American Originals: Meat Packing House Inspections
Check out this National Archives and Records Administration site for a short explanation of the term "muckraker," and for a quote by Sinclair, whose writings influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act in 1907.
PBS
First Measured Century: Julia Lathrop
See a photo of Lathrop and read about her achievements with the Children's Bureau in 1912 & 1914.
PBS
Pbs: Inflation, Stagflation, and Deregulation
Comments on the economy during the Carter administration that speak to the deregulation of the airlines.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Women's Bureau Mission Statement
From the U.S. Department of Labor comes the official mission statement of the Women's Bureau, which was created in 1920 in support of working women. The mission statement is very short, but also includes a vision statement.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: New Freedom
Provides a summary and interesting facts about Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom that attacked the Triple Wall of Privilege and passed social reforms.