Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Tenements
An encyclopedia entry about tenements that focuses on the housing situation of poor immigrants in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Chicago. Includes information about early efforts to improve public housing in the city.
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Bismarck and Unification
Prussian King Wilhelm I selected Bismarck as his minister president and, through a course of short term wars, managed to unify and create the German Empire through the latter half of the nineteenth century. Discover details of what went...
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: La Parodia Teatral en Espana
Enjoy the history of the Spanish theatre of the nineteenth-century from a comic perspective.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Encounter With the Texas Rangers, 1876
This firsthand account of an encounter with some of the men from the Texas Rangers, a group of law enforcement officers in nineteenth century Texas.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The Rise of Big Business & the Labor Movement: Quiz (5)
Choose the correct word from the drop down menu for each of the thirteen questions to evaluate your knowledge of people and events relating to big business and the labor movement in the late nineteenth century.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Convention of 1835
The constitutional convention of 1835 was convened to modify the North Carolina Constitution of 1776. Some provisions of the 1776 document were rooted in the colonial experience, and a growing segment of the population came to consider...
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Cosmic Ancestry: Louis Pasteur
This site from Cosmic Ancestry contains an article on the achievements of Louis Pasteur, "the greatest biologist of the nineteenth century."
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E Cycle Best: A Concise History and Evolution of Tablet P Cs (Infographics)
Check out the illustration of the progress of personal computing tablets. Could it be true that they actually began in the nineteenth century?
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Sierra College Press: California Trails: Beckwourth Trail
A brief history of the development of mountain man James Beckwourth's trail during the westward expansion. Beckwourth Trail begins near Reno, Nevada and heads through Marysville towards Lake Oroville. The path was effective for traveling...
PBS
Pbs: Ancestors in the Americas
Site examines the social, political, and economic issues that influenced the first Asian migration to the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes guidelines for helping students distinguish truthful, historically...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Political Parties
Explains the evolution of political parties in Texas, from many parties in the nineteenth century, into the two parties that dominate Texas today.
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Victoriana Magazine: Native American Tribes and u.s Government
The U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century were influenced by the desire to expand westward into territories occupied by these Native American tribes. By the 1850s nearly all...
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Great Thoughts Treasury: Helmuth Von Moltke the Elder
An undocumented collection of quotations by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German Field Marshall and Chief of Staff for Prussian Army in the nineteenth century. Moltke is credited with being one of the most influential military...
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Japan Zone: Early History of Japan
Information about the early history of Japan written for the English-reading public by an Irish-born teacher of English now living in Japan. In several short paragraphs, you can read about the principal leaders and achievements of...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ks3 History Empire
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart presenting twenty questions about specific facts relating to the growth of the British Empire, particularly in the nineteenth century.
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country
The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths,...
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Republic of Texas: Paper Money
An overview with images and a brief history of the currency used in the Republic of Texas in the early nineteenth century.
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Texas Bob: The Fall of the Alamo
These reprinted letters show actual correspondence and tell the story of the fall of the Alamo in early nineteenth century Texas.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: American West: Images and Identities: Guns
Illustrated instructor's notes for an American studies course consider the use of firearms, including the Winchester rifle, in the American West from the onset of Spanish exploration until the end of the nineteenth century.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: A Very Old Kitchen
Explore kitchen equipment from the Victorian period of late nineteenth century England.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery Merchant Families
Wealthy merchant families dominated the economy, society, and politics of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New York City. Many merchant families associated with Columbia University derived their wealth from trading in slaves and goods...
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: William Michael Harnett
Biographical profile of William Michael Harnett, an Irish-American still-life painter of the late nineteenth century.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Edward Mitchell Bannister
Biographical summary of the life and career of Edward Mitchell Bannister, a noted African American painter of the nineteenth century.
Curated OER
Man, Kneeling, in Traditional Clothing Portraying a 17th Century Aboriginal Man
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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