19th Century
Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded vast control over politics and business.
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As American industrialists and financiers accumulated incredible wealth during the Gilded Age, they strove to outdo one another with lavish spending.
Facing economic threats and violence, early Chinese immigrants banded together and created communities to survive—and thrive.
The swift, often comfortable ride on the Transcontinental Railroad opened up the American West to new settlement.
The Klondike Gold Rush was a mass influx of prospecting migrants to the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after gold was discovered in those regions in 1896.
Labor Movement
Labor Movement
Analyze the impact of the labor movement in America throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804 to explore the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Napoleon was eager to sell the territory—but the purchase would end up expanding slavery in the U.S.
Spectators flocked to watch people walk for hours and hours—sometimes even for days—in the sport known as pedestrianism.
Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull performed together in Wild West shows, and forged what would become a very strange friendship.
Surprising facts about the Louisiana Purchase, the deal that doubled the size of the United States.
Over a century ago, a Hindu monk named Swami Vivekananda spoke about yoga to a crowd in Chicago. In the decades since, it has gone from unknown to mainstream.
America didn’t always extend citizenship to those born within its borders.
A desire to fish created an epic 1889 deluge.
Billionaires. Assassinations. And the ballooning of big beef.
The bodybuilder built a global wellness brand around his chiseled physique. Then World War I derailed his career.
The official declarations of war occurred during five separate military conflicts, starting in 1812 and, most recently, in 1942.
Between 4,000 and 10,000 ships perished on the Great Lakes.
The short-lived 19th-century party focused on anti-immigrant policies.
