In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.
1- Library of Congress:
*"America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894 to 1915"
*"American Federation of Labor Records"
Use the "Date" section on the left-hand-side menu to narrow down results to a particular time range:
*Photos, Prints, Drawings on "Capitalists & Financiers"
*Photos, Prints, Drawings on "Banks"
*Photos, Prints, Drawings on "Avarice"
*Photos, Prints, Drawings on "Corporate Mergers"
*"Cartoon Drawings" Collection
*"Chronicling America" Collection
*"New York Journal and Related Titles, 1896 to 1899"
2- American History, 1876-1900 Documents
3- DocsTeach
Library Media Center resources:
Spending Spree: the History of American Shopping, Cynthia Overbeck Bix (381.1 BIX)
A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
Lies my teacher told me, James W. Loewen (973 LOE)
A History of Us: An Age of Extremes (vol. 8), Joy Hakim (973 HAK)
Ida M. Tarbell: The woman Who Challenged Big Business -and Won!, Emily Arnold McCully (070.92 MCC)
To what extent were labor organizations successful in advancing the interests of workers and how did they achieve their objectives? Confine your answer to the period from 1875 to 1925.
1- Library of Congress:
*"American Federation of Labor Records"
*Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
Use the left-hand-side menu to navigate Digital Collections and External Websites:
*"Cartoon Drawings" Collection
*"Chronicling America" Collection
*"Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904"
*"The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898 to 1906"
*"National Child Labor Committee" Collection
*"New York Journal and Related Titles, 1896 to 1899"
2- DocsTeach
Library Media Center resources:
A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
A People's History of American Empire, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
The Untold History of the United States, Oliver Stone (973.91 STO)
1919: the Year that Changed America, Martin W. Sandler (973.91 SAN)
Watchdogs and Whistleblowers: A Reference Guide to Consumer Activism, Stephen Brobeck (ed.), Robert N. Mayers (eds) (381.3 BRO)
Lies my teacher told me, James W. Loewen (973 LOE)
A History of Us: An Age of Extremes (vol. 8), Joy Hakim (973 HAK)
How did changing economic conditions shape American public policy from 1917-1945?
1- Library of Congress:
*Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
Use the left-hand-side menu to navigate Digital Collections and External Websites:
*"Cartoon Drawings" Collection
*"Chronicling America" Collection
2- DocsTeach
3- The Great Depression Interviews
4- California Odyssey Project & Dust Bowl Migration Archives
Library Media Center resources:
The Great American Dust Bowl, Don Brown (978.032 BRO)
The Untold History of the United States, Oliver Stone (973.91 STO)
The 1930s, Louise I. Gerdes (ed.) (973.91 GER)
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and Pain, David E. Kyvig (973.91 KYV)
1919: the Year that Changed America, Martin W. Sandler (973.91 SAN)
A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
Lies my teacher told me, James W. Loewen (973 LOE)
A History of Us: War, Peace, and all that Jazz (vol. 9), Joy Hakim (973 HAK)
Industrialization through the Great Depression, Cindy Barden, Maria Backus (372.89 BAR)
Analyze the differences in access to homeownership and home equity between Black and white households that contribute to the wealth inequality we see today.
1- Library of Congress
Use the left-hand-side menu to navigate Digital Collections and External Websites:
*"Cartoon Drawings" Collection
*"Chronicling America" Collection
2- National Museum of African American History & Culture
Use the "Object Type" section in the left-hand-side menu to narrow down your results.
*"Segregation" Collection
3- DocsTeach
4- Redlining and Housing Segregation Against African Americans
6- Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America
7- Underwriting Manual for Mortgage Insurance. (Click "Full view" for a particular year. Use the Search function on the left-hand side to search for particular keywords)
8- Toolkit for "Segregation by Design"
Library Media Center resources:
Facing the Future, Irma McClaurin and Virginia Schomp (973.0496 MCC)
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow, Henry Louis Gates, JR (973.0496 GAT)
Strange Fruit volume 1, Joel Christian Gill (973.0496 GIL)
1919: the Year that Changed America, Martin W. Sandler (973.91 SAN)
Watchdogs and Whistleblowers: A Reference Guide to Consumer Activism, Stephen Brobeck (ed.), Robert N. Mayers (eds) (381.3 BRO)
A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
Lies my teacher told me, James W. Loewen (973 LOE)
A History of Us: Reconstructing America (vol. 7), Joy Hakim (973 HAK)
A History of Us: War, Peace, and all that Jazz (vol. 9), Joy Hakim (973 HAK)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, vol. 1: Business and Economy, Michael Shally-Jensen (ed.) (REF 306.09 SHA)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, vol. 2: Criminal Justice, Michael Shally-Jensen (ed.) (REF 306.09 SHA)
Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, Cindy Barden (372.89 BAR)
Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi (305.800973 KEN)
The Bullies of Wall St, Sheila Bair (330 BAI)
Analyze the effectiveness of Reaganomics on the United States economy in the 1980s.
1- DocsTeach
2- "Reaganomics": the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (see links embedded in the article)
3- "Reagan", a PBS documentary
Library Media Center resources:
A People's History of American Empire, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
The Oxford Project, Peter Feldstein and Stephen G. Bloom (977.7 FEL)
Facing the Future, Irma McClaurin and Virginia Schomp (973.0496 MCC)
The Untold History of the United States, Oliver Stone (973.91 STO)
A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present, Howard Zinn (973 ZIN)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, vol. 1: Business and Economy, Michael Shally-Jensen (ed.) (REF 306.09 SHA)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, vol. 2: Criminal Justice, Michael Shally-Jensen (ed.) (REF 306.09 SHA)
Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi (305.800973 KEN)