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Chapter 21 - Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt

Images and Maps

History of the Nineteenth Century in Political Cartoons
(Scroll down for material relevant to this chapter.)

Cartoons of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

The Presidential Elections: 1860-1884
(This site contains numerous political cartoons.)

Uniting Mugwumps and the Masses: Puck's Role in Gilded-Age Politics

The Ram's Horn: An Interdenominational Social Gospel Magazine
(This site offers many images relating to the themes explored in this chapter.)

Anti-Saloon League, 1894-1933
(The flyers at this site are particularly interesting.)

1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons and Commentary
(Created by students at Vassar College)

America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library
(There are some images relating to this chapter at this site.)

William Jennings Bryan: Resources

The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901

 

Primary Sources

Gilded-Age Documents
(This site contains numerous presidential inaugural addresses.)

"Restriction of Immigration" by Francis A. Walker, June 1896

Pendleton Civil Service Act, 1883

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Document List: How Did the Reform Agenda of the Minnesota Woman's Christian Temperance Union Change, 1878-1917?
Munn v. Illinois

The Progressive Populist: Populist Reader

William Allen White, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" 8/15/1896

William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold," July 9, 1896

 

Secondary Sources

Temperance and Prohibition
(This site also includes numerous images and links to primary sources.)

Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy: The Pendleton Act

Chester A. Arthur: The Gentleman Boss President

Understanding the Flow of Money: A Gilded-Age Effort at Popular Education
(This site also contains numerous images.)

Benjamin Harrison: The "Iceberg" President

Grover Cleveland: The Guardian President

Black Populism in the South: 1886-1896

The Library of Congress: The Wizard of Oz

Richard Jensen, "Politics and The Wizard of Oz"

The Era of William McKinley
(This site also contains numerous images.)

 

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