Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: Literary Themes in the Campaign
Take a look at popular literary themes that are reflected in the political cartoons of 1896, the year in which William Jennings Bryant challenged William McKinley for the presidency.
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Tripod: The New Ellis Island, 1898
Text of 1898 article in New York Times Magazine by Charles de Kay in which he expresses his thoughts on the design for new Ellis Island buildings. The new buildings were to replace those destroyed in a fire.
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State University of New York: The Henry James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites
A comprehensive site on Henry James that has a huge collection of links to texts of his work, reviews, resources, and much, much more.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing
American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The entire, original Jungle Tales of Tarzan, formatted for online reading.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Captains of Industry: Second Industrial Revolution
This tutorial looks at the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States and the most famous and successful industrial entrepreneurs of that time. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Library of Congress
Loc: The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville 1870 1920
Provides information about Vaudeville, a popular amusement show during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: New Immigrants
1896, A Website for Political Cartoons provides a site from the collection of information concerning the Election of 1896, "New Immigrants" give us a view of immigration from a political standpoint.
Vassar College
1896: Popular Medicine
A very interesting look at popular medicine in the late 19th century. Read about home remedies, door-to-door patent-medicine salesmen, painkillers, and advertisements for such remedies. Find links to political cartoons related to popular...
Mount Holyoke College
Mt. Hoyoke College: Chinese Exclusion Act
Provides full length, section-by-section text of the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the 47th U.S. Congress in 1882.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography
American Experience offers a comprehensive look at George Eastman and his development of photography. Included are a timeline, biographies of important people in Eastman's personal and professional life, discussions in the history of...
PBS
Pbs: Jane Addams and Hull House
An interesting interview with Robyn Muncy, a Professor of History, about Addams and the philosophy of the women who started the Hull House.
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Vaudeville Memories
Wonderful site that offers all kinds of pictures and information about the performers, the theatres, the slang, and links to other sites.
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Vaudeville 101
Fun site gives timeline, factoids and figurines, and an outline of a vaudeville show.
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Illinois State Museum: The American Railway Union
Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.
Curated OER
Bureau of Land Management: Steel Rails and Iron Horses
Read about the building of the first transcontinental railroad and other railroads that came after. Find out how the checkerboard land ownership system affected the railroads. Includes lots of detailed lesson activities as well as a poster.
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California State University: Beck Spring Iron Deposit
California State University at Pomona provides a scientific look at the Beck Spring iron deposit.
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University: American Populism, 1876 1896
Using essays, primary source documents, images, and video this site explores the American Populist political movement in the early 1890s.
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Kingwood Library: American Cultural History: 1880 1889
The 1880's in America were chock full of new architecture, technologies, businesses, modern conveniences such as gas and electric, operas, fashions, and much more as featured in this resource.
University of Pennsylvania
Twenty Years at Hull House With Autobiographical Notes
The text and pictures of the book written by Jane Addams about her experiences at Hull House.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "On the Beach, No. 3"
"On the Beach, No. 3, 1915" in an oil painting on canvas by Post-Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924).
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: August 20: 8 Hour Work Day
This Library of Congress site provides information on the fight for the eight-hour workday. Discusses labor unions and strikes.