American History Sources for Students:
Important Topics: 1870-1930's
Immigrant Journey - Why did they come and what was it like when they entered this country
The Susan B. Anthony Trial - primary sources included
The Age of Industry - Lots of links to important people and events.
Temperance and Prohibition - varied information
How the Other Half Lives - The table of contents is excellent for navigation.
Leap for Life, Leap for Death - about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - 146 died
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - information and primary sources
Triangle Shirtwaist Trial - many primary sources
Working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - an oral history
No Way Out - testimony of two fireman about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - minute by minute account
Child Labor 1908-1912 - difficult situations too a great toll
The Great Chicago Fire - site rich in information
Haymarket Riot - information from the Chicago Public Library
The Irish Potato Famine - background immigration information
Sacco and Vanzetti - background
The Tenement Museum - a window to the past
The Pullman Strike: Chicago 1894 - overview
Eugene Victor Debs - information from the U of Kansas
Child Labor 1908-1912 - difficult situations too a great toll
Labor History - good background
The Dramas of Haymarket - an excellent site from the Chicago Historical society and Northwestern University
The Haymarket Riot - 1886 - information and photos
Coal Mining in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era
Women's Labor Links - well annotated links to famous people and events
Ellis Island -from the History Channel
The Secret Subway - the first in New York
100 Years of New York City - from the NY Times
Guilded Age Politics - cartoons and information
Cartoons of the Progressive Era -From The Verdict May 22, 1899
Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912 - an interesting collection with guides for understanding
San Francisco Earthquake - an eyewitness account
Influenza - the worst epidemic the US has ever known
Inventing Entertainment - excellent history of the Edison motion picture, broadcasting, and sound recordings
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine - Learn about and listen to recordings from the turn of the century through the thirties in Real Audio form
Cultural History 1900-1909 - Great resources
Cultural History 1910-1919 - Great site to visit
Cultural History 1920-1929 - more great information from Kingwood College
The Wright Brothers - good resources listed
How We Made our First Flight - Excellent information
The Spanish American War - The excellent PBS companion site has many unique resources
The Spanish American War - well documented
Yellow Fever and The Spanish American War - period government report
Remember the Maine - good coverage with maps
1930's - as represented in film, on radio, and more
American 1900 - timeline, maps, information and more from PBS
Yellow Fever and The Spanish American War - period government report
Temperance and Prohibition - links to good information
Cartoons from the Guilded Age and Progressive Era - interesting view points
Red Scare - a data base of 300 images and 500 documents from the end of WWI until the mid 1920's
Votes for Women - from the American Memory Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1830 - 1930 - an excellent place to begin
American Vaudville & Ragtime Show - clips
1925 - the Year in Review - important art of the period
The Roaring Twenties Concert Extravaganza - great sound clips of the artists of the time
The Roaring Twenties Great background.
The Jazz Age - sound slips, music, and information
Reminiscences of the Great Depression - first hand accounts
The Wall Street Crash - information about the effects in the US and Europe from the BBC
America from Great Depression to WWII - in almost 47,000 photos
The Northern Great Plains - 100's of photos from 1880-1920
Surviving the Dustbowl - first hand accounts
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - letters to the first lady asking for help
The Lindbergh Case - very complete
Scopes Trial Home Page - complete information
The Building of the Empire State Building - good visuals and more
Building the World of Tomorrow - the 1939 New York World's Fair
20th Century Painting Profiles - Art gives great perspectives.
Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail-Order Catalog, 1914-1917 - some great pages
A Gallery of Advertisements - lots of auto ads from 1900 - 1930
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