- African American Odyssey: The Booker T. Washington Era
Discusses the progress of blacks in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Covers their military contributions, education, economic, and social progress, crusade against lynching, and organizing for civil rights.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart6.html
- Louisiana Purchase (10)
Learn about Louisiana Purchase, the controversial land aquisition by the United States from France in 1803. Sites include history, treaty documents, diplomatic letters, images, domestic opposition and Spanish conflicts, news archives, as well as the exploration and development of the territory purchased during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Louisiana_Purchase
- Haymarket Riot@
Read about Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, which is considered to be one of the major influences on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. Sites feature history, articles, manuscripts, pro-labor speeches, photographs, illustrations, and library archives about the historical clash between the business class and working class in late 19th century Chicago.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/Haymarket_Riot
- Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Kansas_Nebraska_Act_1854
- John Brown's Raid (10)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/John_Brown_s_Raid
- Plessy v Ferguson: 163 U.S. 537 (1896)@
Learn about Plessy v. Ferguson, the landmark decision which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations. Sites offer background information, overview, analysis, and text of the verdict that passed the "separate but equal" provision.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Specific_Cases/Plessy_v__Ferguson__1896_
- Historic Asylums
State-by-state catalog of state hospitals founded in the latter half of the 19th Century. Includes histories and photographs, original plans, and information on current preservation efforts.
www.historicasylums.com
- Missouri Compromise (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Missouri_Compromise
- Trail of Tears@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Trail_of_Tears
- Era of the Clipper Ships
In-depth homage to the 19th century clipper ships of the USA and Canada. With information about shipbuilding history and famous ships like the Sea Witch.
www.eraoftheclipperships.com
- Gadsden Purchase (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Gadsden_Purchase
- Donner Party@
Learn about Donner Party, the group of American settlers who, in the 1840s, resorted to cannibalism while emigrating to California. Sites offer background information, chronology, museum archives, pictures, maps of the journey, and film based on the fateful journey across Sierra Nevada.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Donner_Party
- Homestead Strike@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/Homestead_Strike
- Denmark Vesey Insurrection (7)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Denmark_Vesey_Insurrection
- Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
Digital Schomburg: The New York Public Library Digital Library Collection.
digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19
- Americans in the Egyptian Army: Ismail's Bold Experiment
Recognizes 50 American officers who served in the Egyptian Army during the 1870s.
home.earthlink.net/~atomic_rom/egypt.htm
- Picturing Modern America: 1880 - 1920
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Historical thinking exercises designed to encourage students to actively read, question, and discuss photographs and other documents that give us fragmentary evidence of American life at the turn of the last century.
www.edc.org/CCT/PMA
- Black Ships & Samurai
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Exhibit from MIT examines the first encounter between Americans and Japanese in 1853.
ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/bss_intro.html
- Gabriel's Rebellion (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Gabriel_s_Rebellion
- Wilmot Proviso (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Wilmot_Proviso
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