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Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Revolution to 1877
Samuel Morse


Industrial Revolution, 1877-1900

General Information
PBS - America in the Gilded Age

Introduction: The Centennial Exposition of 1876
The Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (1876) // Philadelphia Exhibition
1876 Centennial Exposition

Business & Technology:
Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad Maps, 1828-1900
Railroad History

Carnegie Links
Bridging the Urban landscape: Andrew Carnegie Tribute
Andrew Carnegie - The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
Herbert Spencer - Social Darwinism
Industrialization Links
Thomas A. Edison Papers
KODAK: History of Kodak
The History of Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Immigration:
The Chinese Exclusion Act - Fact Sheet
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act - Document
Kearneyism, the Chinese, and Labor Unrest in California - 1877
Irish in America (PBS)

Labor History:
Illinois Labor History Society
A Short History of American Labor
Haymarket Massacre
Workers & Industrial Revolution
Labor Timeline - 1800s
Race and Racism at the 1886 Knights of Labor Convention
Coal Mining in the Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Sweatshops - History
Sweatshops, 1880-1940
History of Child Labor
New Haven and the Nation, 1865-1900: A Social History (Labor, Immigration, Reform
Labor History Timeline
Haymarket Square
Samuel Gompers
Labor History - Links
American Labor History - An Online Study Guide
Women in the Workplace
AFL-CIO
The Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike
Songs and Stories: Steel and Coal Workers
The Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike
the Socialist Labor Party of America

Other Gilded Age Resources:
NM's Creative Impulse: Age of Industry
America in the Gilded Age - 1877-1901
The Gilded Age
America in the Gilded Age (PBS)
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Gilded Age Documents
Gilded Age Links
The Drawing of Thomas Nast
The Gilded Age: Text and Archives
Gilded Age and Progressive Era Resources
Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1830-1930
Jane Addams - Hull-House Museum
Biography of Jane Addams
Carrie Nation // Carry A. Nation
Frances Willard // Frances Willard

Where to Learn More
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
Edison National Historic Site
Japanese American National Museum
Museum of Chinese in the Americas (formerly the Chinatown History Museum)
Staue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island
Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Tour Guide Exercise


INSTRUCTIONS: Using the resources listed under "Where to Learn More" or other sites you locate, design a Reconstruction tour using at least four different locations. Publish a webpage or write a paper with a detailed written description of the tour including what you would tell your travelers during the tour (i.e. your tour guide script). Be sure to list the resources you use either in the paper or as a bibliography.



Instructor: Wanda Jones
E-Mail:
wej5475@dcccd.edu
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