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This subcategory contains 194 links "Modern presidential campaigns are routinely criticized for presenting more style than substance. It's nothing new. Take, for example, the 1840 campaign, which pitted Old Tip against Sweet Sandy Whiskers and was often waged with song." by David E. Johnson Anti-German sentiment By Richard Jensen. This article is to appear in Journal of Social History. revised 6-25-2001. Write the author at RJensen@uic.edu Women, Sexuality and Murder in 19th Century America. "The exhibition at the John Hay Library focuses on sexual scandals and murders in 19th century America that involved women in a significant way: as victims, as perpetrators, or as involved bystanders. The books, pamphlets, and broadsides on display reflect period attitudes on adultery, abortion and contraception, domestic abuse, and illegitimacy. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is how closely many of these events mirror contemporary issues concerning women, sexuality, and murder." Outline with links. Idea, exoerience, aftermath Exhibit Cartoons and Commentary. The Nietz Old Textbook Collection is one of several well-known collections of 19th Century schoolbooks in the United States. Among the 16,000 volumes are many titles that are rarely held and have not yet been reproduced in microform collections or reprint editions. Library of Congress exhibition. Excellent site which deals with all aspects of abolitionism. By Catherine Sager Pringle (c. 1860). Full text. Journal by John Kirk Townsend Reprinted by Project Gutenberg Subtitle: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840. Book by Joshua R. Greenberg A slide show of images and ideology by Austin Kerr, famous historian at Ohio State University. From An Outline of American History. "An 1839 mutiny aboard a Spanish ship in Cuban waters raised basic questions about freedom and slavery in the United States." By Howard Jones. The Amistad rebellion. This online exhibition highlights selections from a rich collection of political cartoons in the Lilly Library. The caricatures depict times of turbulence in American history and range in date from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and to the presidential elections of 1860 and 1864 which brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House. "The Library's daguerreotype collection consists of more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection. The collection also includes early architectural views by John Plumbe, several Philadelphia street scenes, early portraits by pioneering daguerreotypist Robert Cornelius, studio portraits by black photographers James P. Ball and Francis Grice, and copies of painted portraits." This exhibit examines one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American history. It presents an up-to-date portrait of a period whose unrealized goals of economic and racial justice still confront our society. SS Central America sank in 1857 "American Party is the name of several political in United States history. The first established American party?also called the Know-Nothing party was founded in New York City in 1849 as a secret patriotic organization under the name of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner." One Immigrant in the Chinese Exclusion Era By Robert Barde Bank insurance systems before the Civil War provide a clear message for policy today about the importance of incentives, authority and exposure to loss. By Douglas Clement Jackson. Myth, symbol, reality. Site has good visuals Jackson vetoes the recharter bill for the Second Bank of the United States. thus ensues the "bank war." "When President Andrew Jackson defended the honor of the wife of his secretary of war, the resulting scandal broke up his first cabinet and threatened to make his administration a laughingstock. By J. Kingston Pierce." Known as the Petticoat Affair. American Nativism, 1830-1845 by Sean Baker. The American Religious Experience The Origins of the American Temperance Movement History of sweatshops in the United States Pictorial history of Bowling Green. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963. by Pam Epstein, Vassar '99. Very good analytical site. A description of the canals and rail roads of the United States, comprehending notices of all the works of internal improvement throughout the several states by H.S. Tanner. Published 1840 by Tanner & J. Disturnell in New York "The Free Library of Philadelphia, with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, invites you to visit our Web version of the 100th birthday party for the United States, the Centennial Exhibition of 1876." Photographic History Museum Chicago Public Library provides a brief description and bibliography. "This collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. The violent confrontation between Chicago police and labor protesters in 1886 proved to be a pivotal setback in the struggle for American workers' rights. These materials pertain to: the May 4, 1886 meeting and bombing; to the trial, conviction and subsequent appeals of those accused of inciting the bombing; and to the execution of four of the convicted and the later pardon of the remaining defendants. " Indiana The full text. Alex de Tocqueville's book plus more The Petticoat Affair deals with the Peggy Eaton Affair of Andrew Jackson's first term. Scholars debate whether Marszalek claimed too much. "National People's Party Platform" (Omaha Platform) -- 1892; "The Negro Question in the South" -- Thomas E. Watson -- 1892; "The Tramp Circular" -- Gov. Lorenzo D. Lewelling of Kansas - 1893; The "Cross of Gold" Speech -- William Jennings Bryan -- 1896; "What's the Matter with Kansas" and "Another Bottle Sold" -- William Allen White -- 1896 & 1906; "The Platform of the Populist Party" (St. Louis Platform) -- 1896; "The Populists at St. Louis" -- Henry Demarest Lloyd - 1896 The infamous Supreme Court decision The early history of Nauvoo together with a sketch of the people who built this beautiful city and whose leaders suffered persecution and martyrdom for their religion's sake S. A. Burgess. Published 192u by Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Independence, Mo . An overview podcast. "Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University, describes the ways in which nineteenth century cities evolved from disorganized, unregulated communities into modern cities focusing on order, safety, and public health. Professor Jackson looks at the motivations behind these developments as well as implementation strategies." "Mystic Seaport's site explores the Amistad Revolt of 1839-1842 and how we make history of it. The Amistad Revolt was a shipboard uprising off the coast of Cuba that carried itself, inadvertently but fatefully, to the United States--where the Amistad Captives set off an intense legal, political, and popular debate over the slave trade, slavery, race, Africa, and ultimately America itself." This book was commenced on May 11th 1874. Ended on January 25th 1875. 14 years old. Complete book By Joshua Derman in the Concord Review Olmsted looked at slavery. "personalities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin van Buren John P. Hale The Free soil party, a political party organized in 1848 on a platform opposing the extension of slavery, was rooted in the growing conflict between proslavery and antislavery forces in the United States. The conflict was intensified by the acquisition of new territories from Mexico and the ensuing argument whether or not slavery would be permitted into those territories. The party evolved from antislavery and otherwise discontented elements in the Democratic and Whig parties. It was eclipsed in the early 1850's by the new Republican Party, which incorporated free soil goals. " The Freedmen and Southern Society Project was established in 1976 to capture the essence of that revolution by depicting the drama of emancipation in the words of the participants: liberated slaves and defeated slaveholders, soldiers and civilians, common folk and the elite, Northerners and Southerners. By Ernest Crosby. Chicago: The Public Publishing Co., 1905. BoondocksNet Edition, 2000. "an examination of William Lloyd Garrison's views on non-resistance, their influence in the abolitionist movement and their lessons for the future." By Britta C. Waller in the Concord Review. The man who invented the Ferris Wheel in the late 19th cetury. Joyce Appleby The great American scout and spy, "General Bunker' ... A truthful and thrilling narrative of adventures and narrow escapes in the enemy's country ... 3d ed. rev. Published 1870 by Olmsted in New York "Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) encourages scholarly discussion of US Gilded Age & Progressive Era makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids." "HarpWeek has created this Website, primarily from the pages of Harper?s Weekly, as a public service to familiarize students and the general public with the historic events of the Electoral College controversy of 1876-1877.The organization of the site allows users to follow events day by day, to acquire a more in-depth understanding by reading the overview, and to gain insight into the press?s coverage by looking at the numerous period cartoons (most by Thomas Nast), along with corresponding explanations of their historical meaning." Short essay. by Jacob A. Riis David Bennett, Syracuse University Illustration from Liberty Enlightening the World, by the Illustrative Press Bureau (New York, N.Y.), 1886. Illustration from Liberty Enlightening the World, by the Illustrative Press Bureau (New York, N.Y.), 1886. Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, is a web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression [This essay was excerpted from the Gilder Lehrman Institute's newest "History in a Box" on the American West, available at the History Shop.] Extensive links on the Industrial Revolution & the Progressive Era. The radical abolitionist. Links to the PBS site as well. Four states and four counties have begun preparations to commemorate the 2009 sesquicentennial anniversary of abolitionist John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Speech given in the Senate. by Mark Cheatham. Image of the platform. Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library. Written in north Mississippi, this letter reflects a blase attitude towards terrorism. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Professor David Brion Davis discusses Eric Foner's bold new book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, and looks at the nineteenth-century abolition movement. In 1841 the showman Phineas Taylor Barnum opened his American Museum in NewYork City. Dominating lower Broadway at Park Row, in no time Barnum'sAmerican Museum became the "most visited place in America." Crozier, William, Gaffield, Chad, The Lower Manhattan Project: A New Approach to Computer-Assisted Learning in History Classrooms. Attack on the anti-imperialism of Andrew Carnegie. Manuscript diary, 1850-1851, of Susan Sherman of Brookfield, Connecticut. Activities recorded include frequent trips to Hartford, Danbury, and New Haven; embroidering and quilting; her own engagement and a description of her wedding. Also includes recipes, mostly desserts. Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection Stephen Railton and the University of Virginia Library present this significant Mark Twain site. March 4, 1901 Good survey An interesting life Address to the court when he received the death sentence. This site has other documents concerning abolition. By Michael Holt. Web site says "Contributed by Roger O'Conner, American Culture Studies "1890s" course, Spring 1996." Important collection of documents Lloyd Benson serves up a plethora of 19th century US documents. This collection comprises books and periodicals published in the United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during the second half of the century. Most of the materials were digitized through the Making of America project, a collaboration of Cornell University and the University of Michigan to preserve textual materials on deteriorating paper and make them accessible electronically. The materials selected illuminate the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Also included are volumes of American poetry. From Historical Gazette, Volume Two Number One Short biography of this controversial woman. Part of the "valley of the Shadow" site Stephen R. Demkin's essay on major political issues that led to the Civil War. Yes! There really was such a thing as a Poorhouse! It was not just something your parents made up, like a boogeyman, to frighten you into saving your money and spending carefully and to discourage you from making excessive, greedy demands on the family budget. County Poorhouses dotted the United States throughout most of the 1800s. Ragtime is the focus. Adopted by the People's (Populist) party at its first national convention in Omaha, Nebraska. Votes cast Provided by Lloyd Benson at Furman A far lesser figure in our history, William Hyde (1818‑1874) was nonetheless a participant in one of the great pioneer sagas that made this country what we are. His Private Journal records his early days in upstate New York and his conversion to Mormonism, his trek across the continent as a sergeant in the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army (which takes up half the work), his missionary endeavors in Australia, and the end of his life, spent building the State of Utah. An interesting account of one of the world's great military marches, it also throws some light on the uneasy and shifting accommodation between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the United States government. Kansas Pulist movement. Kansas State Historical Society. When he challenged historical orthodoxy nearly 40 years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert W. Fogel changed the way we look at railroads' impact on the U.S. economy; now, two Minneapolis Fed economists re-examine Fogel's work and find that railroads' contribution may be much greater than Fogel concluded. By David Fettig "April 3,1873. These resolutions, passed in Springfield at a convention of the Illinois State Farmers' Association, typify time grievances the Granger movement tried to remedy, particularly the farmers' complaints against the rail-roads and their demand for effective state regulation." One of the most famous speeches of the 19th century PBS by Adam McKeown by T.J. Stiles By John Corbett by Julie Byrne, Department of Religion, Duke University. ©National Humanities Center Samuel Gompers was the nation’s leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Synopsis of the events that caused sectional conflict and their results. Done in 1990 but still useful. Eric Foner lecture on a podcast Full text of the speech of Mr. Douglas in the Senate, March 13 and 14, 1850. Banking oversight in New England. By Douglas Clement The book and more. Historical background and End of the Party. Santa Anna defeated. Mexico loses territory Was he killed by the assassin or his doctors? President Eric Foner comments on responses to his new book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, and answers questions from his audience about Lincoln and slavery. Abolitionist and social reformer in New York. Power Point Slideshow from Harwich High School. "Paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh were great rivals, and their mutual animosity fueled the search for fossils in the American West." By Tom Huntington Cheri Goldner writes about the great strike at the Homestead steel strike. The impact of the railroads on 19th century American society by Marieke van Ophem. Text of the famous debates. Data for reconstructing society in the late 19th century. October 22, 1999. Jonathan Earle, University of Kansas. The Making of the North's 'Stark Mad Abolitionists': Anti-Slavery Conversion in the United States, 1846-1856. You must get Adobe Acrobat to access this paper from Princeton University. by R.B. Bernstein, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School By Randolph Barnes Marcy, Captain, U.S.A. Student proect. Worth seeing 1830. Full text. An Interdenominational Social Gospel Magazine The rise and fall of anarchy in America. From its incipient stage to the first bomb thrown in Chicago. A comprehensive account of the great conspiracy culminating in the Haymarket massacre, May 4th, 1886 ... the apprehension, trail, conviction and execution of the leading conspirators By Rachel Davidson in the Concord Review by Christine Haug The Society has the distinction of being the only national organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of all aspects of this country's great 19th Century heritage. Chicago World's Fair of 1893. This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. The collection includes the work of a number of photographers, one of whom was the well known photographer William Henry Jackson. "A series of violent crimes was plaguing Pennsylvania's coal country. Mine owners placed the blame on a secret society of Irishmen--and took steps to wipe it out." The volumes of the United States Pacific Railway Commission, 1887 Report are now accessible online, courtesy of the Google Library Project and the Stanford and Princeton University Libraries: ... [Report ... of the United States Pacific Railway Commission and Testimony Taken by the... By United States Pacific Railway Commission Ohio State University Press book by Marilyn Thornton Williams Text of the speech delivered on July 8, 1896. An address by the President of the United States, William McKinley, October 7, 1899, on the occasion of the forty-first anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debate at Galesburgh Illinois Links Historian David Reynolds discusses his new book Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America. |
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