Progressive Era Resources:
Progressive Leaders Primary Source Helps:
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
OUTLINE: Reform Movements in Early 19th Century America
Reformers and Crusaders of the 1830s & 40s
Progressivism - what it's all about
Laws Resulting from the Progressive Movement
Cartoons of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era - Thomas Nast
Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era
How the Industrial Revolution Inspired Progressivism
The Dawn of Liberalism: Progressivism
Progressive Men, Women, and Movements
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-1940
Browse Document Projects by Date, Women and Social Movements in the U.S.
Women, Feminism, and Sex in Progressive America
People, Places, Politics, and Social Movements of the Progressive Era
Mind Your Business!: One Woman’s Encounter with Reformers
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 - 1929
JANE ADDAMS, MOTHER OF THE WORLD
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Home Page
Urban Experience In Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
DOROTHEA DIX & THE STATE’S FIRST LUNATIC ASYLUM
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob Riis - More on tenements and life in the 19th Century City above in the section on the Industrial Revolution.
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: regulating the meat-packing industry
More info above in the section on the Gilded Age.
For more info, visit my Presidents & 20th Century pages to check out more Teddy Roosevelt sites.
THE POPULIST PARTY
OUTLINE: Gilded Age Politics, 1869-1900
Agrarian Distress and the Rise of Populism
"Agricultural Problems and Gilded Age Politics"
AGRICULTURAL DISCONTENT & the THE POPULIST MOVEMENT
Platform of the Populist Party - Populist Party Platform
1896 Presidential election: Cartoons & Commentary
William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold" Democratic Convention, 1896
Populist Party - Greenback party
How Ya' Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?: The Rise of Populism
Recent Literature on American Populism
The Grange Connection - America's Family Fraternity
Rural Life in the United States in the 19th Century
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism
MARK TWAIN
PBS - Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer
The Mark Twain Papers and Project, The Bancroft Library
TwainWeb (Mark Twain Forum home page)
For more on Twain and other great American authors, visit my Literature and Drama page.
P. T. BARNUM, VAUDEVILLE & ENTERTAINMENT
Barnum Museum: Enter the Big Tent
P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) & Creative Quotations:
P. T. Barnum Never Did Say "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute"
Welcome to The Lost Museum: P. T. Barnum's American Museum
**** Before the movies there was Houdini and Vaudeville: Great Site!!!
American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
The Minstrel Show - Racism on stage.
American Popular Music before 1900
Dreams of the Past: 19th Century Color Lithographic Sheet Music Covers
Welcome to Dime Novels - the pulp fiction of the 19th century.
Stereoviews of the Nineteenth Century
For more on the history of entertainment, please check out my Music, Literature and Drama, and History of Sports & Entertainment pages.
19TH CENTURY ART AND ARCHITECTURE
For info, please check out my Art & Galleries page.
THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS
Mountain Culture and Tug Valley Life
MISC. 19TH CENTURY SITES
GLOSSARY: How to Speak 19th Century
EyeWitness To The 19th Century - EyeWitness To The American Civil War - EyeWitness To The Old West
Summary of Population of United States During 1800's
Nineteenth Century U.S. Culture Studies
American Economic Growth: Movement South and Westward
eHistory.com - the Web site for history enthusiasts, students and educators.
The Making of The United States: Westward Expansion 1783 to 1890
Reconstruction, The Gilded Age, Progressivism & Imperialism
Resources - Nationalism, Industrialism, Imperialism
John Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
Newspaper Production 1792-1892
National Expansion and Reform Overview
Whigs, Democrats and "Know-Nothings"
The American Whig Party (roughly from 1834-1856)
History House: Stories: The Dictionary Wars: Noah Webster
History House: Stories: The Dictionary Wars II: Worcester vs. Webster
1846: Portrait of the Nation from the National Portrait Gallery
Conner Prairie's History Online: The Midwest Before the Civil War
**** Miss Abigail's Time Warp Advice - see how advice has changed over the years!
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory: Welcome
Lizzie Borden Unlocked (Contents)
Introductory Page for Lizzie Borden / Fall River Project
World's Fairs and International Expositions, 1876-1916
World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
Steamboat-Homepage: The Grand Old South
Victoriana.Com, Study Center: 19th Century Web Sites
Founders Of The Arts & Crafts Movement 1870-1900
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand
Summary of Population of United States During 1800's