Unit Five: Quest | United States History

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Chapter 16: The Gilded Age (1877-1896)

General Gilded Age Links

• Project Gutenberg Edition of The Gilded Age—links to several sites where work can be read; work can also be downloade

Industry Invention

• The American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie—PBS site in conjunction with film on Carnegie; film transcript, additional information, time line, multimedia features; includes a teacher’s guide; well laid out
• Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers—letters and drawings by Alexander Graham Bell; several ways to search contents; by the Library of Congress
• Edison Motion Picture and Sound Recordings—the best collection of Edison motion pictures and sound recordings; uses Quicktime or Windows Media Player; includes an Edison biography; easy to search; by the Library of Congres

Reform and Reaction

• Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)—full text of the act (click "lager images" and "document transcript" on the right)
• Munn v. Illinois—text of the decision, available from Wikisource
• Town Hall: Historical Documents: William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold—full text of the speech
• Welcome to 1896—great website for the 1896 election; bios of key figures; info and cartoons about key issues; easy to navigate; by Vasser College; includes Cross of Gold speech

Change and Challenge

• American Family Immigration History Center—online records of Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924; easy to use; full membership provides most information but requires payment; free registration still provides good info; actual images of some documents
• Darwin, Charles Robert. 1909–14. Origin of Species. Vol. 11. The Harvard Classics—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter; internal search engine; additional info
• Mark Twain in His Times—info not too in-depth, but interesting; good use of multimedia (pictures and sound texts); online texts of several works
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• Mark Twain, 1835-1910. Life on the Mississippi—full text of the work; includes illustrations
• Maggie: A Girl of the Streets—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• Red Badge of Courage — Chapter 1—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• The Call of the Wild — Chapter 1—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• Bound to Rise—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (American Memory, Library of Congress)—by the Library of Congress; large selection of print ads from this period; several ways to search contents
• EAA: Tobacco Advertising Category Information—by the Library of Congress; tobacco ads from this period; search by keyword or browse collection; see Teacher’s Edition note ("To Market, To Market")
• Heinz—information about the company and its products; includes short company history and a history of Heinz advertising
• Baseball Cards 1887-1914—over 2,000 early baseball cards; several ways to search contents; by the Library of Congress; includes figures like Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Billy Sunday
• By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s - 1960s—photos and documents related to baseball during this period; special section on blacks in baseball; by the Library of Congress
• The Cyber Hymnal—extensive collection of hymns; includes hymn histories, biographical info on hymn writers and composers; sound files (MIDI) for each hymn; some scores; several ways to search contents
• Fanny Crosby—large collection of hymns by Crosby; includes sound files, biographical info, and pictures; links to more information
• William Batchelder Bradbury—large collection of Bradbury hymns; includes sound files, biographical info, and pictures; links to more information
• Philip Paul Bliss—large collection of Bliss hymns; includes sound files
• Charles Albert Tindley—good collection of Tindley hymns; includes sound files and some biographical information

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Chapter 17: America Expands (1850-1900)

Western Expansion

• WILD WEST—online articles about the West; includes a search engine on the subject
• New Perspectives on THE WEST—biographies of western figures (be aware of bias); interactive time line; good maps of places in the West; easy to navigate
• UPRR-History—historical info on the Union Pacific Railroad; information by the company; time line up to present; some maps and pictures—difficult to search by period
• Homestead Act—good information on the act; some pictures
• Homestead Act of 1862—text of the act
• Indian Wars (Eye Witness to History | PBS.org)—Eye witness accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn
• The Avalon Project: Dawes Act—full text of the document
• Native Links—good starting point for researching Native American genealogy

International Expansion

• Lesson Plan: The Age of Imperialism—has some in-depth material about the period; covers America's involvement in other areas besides the Philippines and Cuba; numerous pictures; many links to other sites
• 1871 Treaty of Washington—full text of the treaty
• The Avalon Project: U.S.-Japan Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)—full text of the treaty
• The Avalon Project : Purchase of Alaska—full text of the treaty; go directly to each article of the treaty
• The DeLome Letter—full text of the letter
• Maps on the Spanish-American War 1898—Choose different maps on the left.
• The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures—numerous films on the Spanish-American War from the American Memory; collection of the Library of Congress; several ways to search the collection; includes film showing the wrecked Maine
• Roosevelt, Theodore. 1899. The Rough Riders—full text of the work; includes internal search engine, illustrations, and bibliographic information; go directly to each chapter

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Perspectives: The Old West

• Buffalo Bill Parade—early film showing Buffalo Bill's wild west parade in New York; by the Library of Congress
• Black Bart—discusses the stage robber

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Chapter 18: The Progressive Era (1900-1920)

Introduction

• The American Experience | America 1900—supplemental info to PBS film on the year 1900; time line (can view by geographic region in the world); biographies and info on important events; free downloadable family tree program
• McKinley--Home Page—motion pictures from McKinley's term of office; includes a scene just after his assassination as well as the funeral; by the Library of Congress

Progressive Movement

• How the Other Half Lives—online version of How the Other Half Lives by the muckraker Jacob Riis; includes pictures included in the book; go directly to each chapter
• Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film—films from the life and times of Roosevelt; several ways to search collection; by the Library of Congress
• Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century—some interesting pictures and commentary relating to Roosevelt; laid out chronologically; by the Smithsonian Institute
• Theodore Roosevelt Association on TR, President and more—a good starting point for info on Theodore Roosevelt; links to several other helpful sites
• American FactFinder—statistics from Census 2000; includes charts and graphs; easy to use
• Historical Census Data for 1900—good source of statistical information for 1900; categories: agriculture, literacy, manufacturing and labor, place of birth, and population characteristics; places chosen information on graphs
• Roosevelt, Theodore. 1913. An Autobiography—full text of the work; includes an internal search engine, illustrations, and bibliographic information; go directly to each chapter

Progressive Politics

• Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906—full text of the act
• The Jungle (DL SunSITE)—full text of the work; go directly to each chapter
• FindLaw: Plessy v. Ferguson—full text of the court decision; includes majority opinion and dissenting opinion
• Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery: An Autobiography—full online text of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery; includes illustrations and an index at the end that links to specific pages
• The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905, Russo-Japanese War—full text of the treaty

Progressive Society

• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village—info on Ford, Edison, and the Wright brothers; search under online exhibits; several good time lines
  -images and documents available
• "Flights of Inspiration" - First Flight—good info on Wright brothers (not just history, but some science as well); several diagrams and images; from the Franklin Institute
• FirstFlight—good website for info on the dynamics of flight; based on first flight by Wright brothers
• PBS- “Chasing the Sun”: resources related to a four-part PBS series on the history of aviation; includes good information on the Wright brothers and other aviation pioneers
• Humanist Manifesto I and Humanist Manifesto II—texts from American Humanist Association
• Billy Sunday On-line—text of some of Sunday’s sermons; site includes images, sound clips, a time line, and links to related sites

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Chapter 19: The Great War (1913-1920)

Idealism

• World War I, Wilson on the Sussex Case—text of Wilson’s remarks before Congress about the German attack

Intervention

• World War One - The Maritime War—good info on sailing and naval warfare in WWI; information and pictures of boats; some information on individuals
• The Zimmermann Telegram—good primary source activity using the Zimmermann telegram; by the National Archives; includes coded and decoded versions of the telegram
• The Espionage Act of May 16, 1918—portions of the act
• World War I, The U.S. Sedition Act—portions of the act
• Schenck v. United States—full text of the Court’s decision; links to cases referencing this case
• Alvin C. York's Diary—diary covers period from June 5, 1917 to May 25, 1919; includes lengthy entry for October 8, 1918 (referenced in text)
• Charmed Life of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker - Full Text: January '99 Aviation History Feature—online article
• The Aerodrome—good info on aircraft and aces of WWI; detailed info on individuals; well laid out

Isolation

• The Avalon Project : Menu for Treaty of Versailles—full text of the treaty; go directly to each part of the treaty

General WWI Links

• The Great War—companion site to PBS's The Great War series; includes an interactive time line and a maps and locations section; source list of books used
• Biographical Dictionary of WWI—biographical sketches from WWI; some are more in-depth than others
• American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election—sound recordings of political speeches made around WWI and following; by the Library of Congress; several ways to search contents
• The Great War Series—info on Eastern and Western fronts, the Konigsburg, and Zeppelin warfare; includes several maps and pictures; online WWI game called "1916"; links to further resources
• U.S. Military Academy: World War 1 Maps—detailed maps of World War I; includes campaign and battle-specific maps; some political maps
• World War I - Trenches on the Web—biographies, posters, sound clips, maps, etc; not especially well laid out; some pictures, documents, and maps are a little small; overall, a good resource