History Link
Panic of 1893: Seattle's First Great Depression
This detailed article on how the 1893 Depression affected Seattle focuses mainly on the Northwest, but does bring in information about the depression in general.
Curated OER
History Matters: For the Further Benefit of Our People
After the onset of the 1893 Depression, George Pullman of the Pullman Palace Car Company found his company crumbling as employees "Appealed to the American Railway Union (ARU), which organized a nationwide strike." Read the letter he...
Curated OER
History Matters: Keep Off the Grass!: Coxey's Army Invades the Nation's Capital
Read the speech that Jacob S. Coxey planned to give at the U.S. Capitol in 1894, but was prohibited from doing so after being arrested for walking on the grass. He wanted to address the issue of the harm the depression of 1893 was causing.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: The Depression of 1893
Thorough discussion of the depression and the response to it by Coxey's Army, including excerpts from newspapers of the time and links to political cartoons. From 1896, A Website of Political Cartoons.
Northern Illinois University
Illinois in the Gilded Age: 1896: The Cross of Gold
This is a very informative look at the politics involved in the campaign of 1896 where one of the main issues was the conflict between the gold standard and free silver. Read about the results of the election and the defeat of Populist...
Other
Murray's People: Jumbo and Mrs. General Cantwell
Colorful and lengthy account of the Tacoma and Seattle branches of Coxey's Army.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s
Learn about the factors that helped the Populist Party gain followers and what caused it to lose them after the 1896 presidential election.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: The Panic of 1893
A general description of the Panic but also a close-up look at how the West and Utah, in particular, were affected.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Yearning to Breathe Free Webisode 10
This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: Mary E. Lease
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons is an excellent site that includes a detailed biography and historical accounts from that time. Provides links to related subjects.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons and Commentary provides the illustrated story of both the Homestead and Pullman strikes with quotes from newspapers of the time and a brief characterization of Andrew Carnegie. The site includes a...
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: The Currency Question: The Gold Standard
This site is provided for by the Vassar College. "The bitter controversy surrounding the issues of `Free silver' and `sound money,' so central to the 1896 campaign, has proved difficult for historians to explain." However, this 1896, a...
Other
Saylor Academy: Panic of 1893 [Pdf]
Article explaining the causes and impact of the Panic of 1893 which took place at the beginning of Grover Cleveland's presidency. It became an economic depression that lasted until the start of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
American History: Election of 1896: It Came Down to a Question of Money
This program, part of The Making of a Nation from Voice of America gives a very good description of the issues in the presidential campaign of 1896. Learn about the differences between the gold bugs and silverites, a third party...
Other
Historical Marker Database: Encampment of Coxey's Army (1894) Marker
This historical marker has information about Coxey's Army and a map showing the location of the encampment. Clicking on the marker enlarges it so the photographs from the Library of Congress are clear.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us. Printable Page
This article "Freedom: A History of US: Webisode 10, Segment 6: Hard Times," from Thirteen WNET New York, gives the reader an informative snapshot of the cause and impact of the Gilded Age depression of 1893. Students and teachers will...
History Link
History Link: Northwestern Industrial Army Marches to Join Coxey's Army
An interesting look at the attempt by men in the Northwest to travel to Washington, D.C. to join Jacob Coxey's army that was protesting the treatment of the unemployed during the Depression of 1893.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Panic of 1893
Discusses the causes and economic impact of the Panic of 1893 on the United States.
Other
The Forgotten Depression: A Look at the Causes of the 1893 Depression
Article discussing what has been written about the 1893 Depression, and how its importance has been overshadowed by, and it has been less analyzed than, the Great Depression.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Panic of 1893
A very brief discussion of the Panic of 1893, what set off the crisis, the national effects, as well as the consequences in Ohio.