20th
& 21st Century America
Created by Tracey Osborn
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Comprehensive Sites - Timelines - Primary Documents - Maps, 1900
vs. 2000 - Impact of the 20th Century, Planes
- Trains - Automobiles, The First 20 Years: 1900-1920, World War I,
Immigration, The
Roaring Twenties, The Turbulent Thirties, World War II,
The Fight for Civil Rights, 1950
- Present, Various Misc. Topics
GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE SITES
The
History Guide -- A Student's Guide for Studying History
Important developments, events and achievements of the 20th
century - 21st century
Events,
Trends, and People of the 1900s - 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
Fact
Monster - U.S. (part of Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and
Homework Help)
Mrs. Ruland's Social Studies Page
History
- United States History
Encyclopaedia
of USA History
Events and Issues 1900-1940 - Events and Issues 1940-1980
OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
About
the USA - U.S. History > U.S. History on the Internet
American Economic History by Scott
History
Matters: The U.S. Survey on the Web
Sage
History Home
The
World War Cycle of U.S. History
The
Present Cycle in U.S. History
20th
Century History - Home Page
American
History 102: 1865-Present
1901 to
World War II - 1945 to 21st Century
US
HISTORY SINCE 1877
HistoryBuff.com
Digital
History
Digital
History - For Teachers
Digital History - Glossary of American History
Digital History - Glossary of Native American History
Digital History - Ethnic America
eHistory.com - the
Web site for history enthusiasts, students and educators.
20th
Century Decades: Selected Resources by Decade
20th
Century Decades: General Links
Social
Change in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s
The Almost Great Society: The 1960s
American
History, 1877-Present
Foundations of the Modern State and Society, 1914-1929
The
Transformation of Modern America, 1912-1945
Postwar
America, 1945-Present
The World in the 20th Century - Lectures for 20th Century World
The Age of Anxiety
Who's Who in American History
Annenberg/CPB - A Biography of America
Postwar America
Decades of Change
Toward the 21st Century
Pluralism and
Unity
IPL General/Reference Collection: 20th Century History
The Emergence of Modern America Virtual Library
History Guide -- Discovery Channel -- History Guide
America and the Great War - World War I & II, the Twenties, Depression & New
Deal, 1914-1945 - Twenties,
Depression & New Deal - The Cold War, Vietnam & Civil Rights, 1945-1980
About the USA - Facts and Figures - History
Fact Monster:
Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
TIMELINES OF THE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES
American
Cultural History - The Twentieth Century - TERRIFIC
SITE!!!
TIMELINE: 1900-1999
People's Century | Timeline
The First Measured
Century
TIMELINE:
Year by Year: 1900-2005
TIMELINE: Twentieth Century History
20th century - 21st century
weblinks-The New Millenium-The 21c
TIMELINE ARCHIVE
Digital History - Interactive Timeline
Digital History - Timelines
Digital History - Websites Ordered by Time Period
Digital History - Landmarks in Immigration History
TIMELINE: Media History 1900s
Digital History - Chronology of Film History
TIME
LINE OF 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC
Timeline of Costume History: Main Page
The Food
Timeline
dMarie Time
Capsule - On This Day In History
Those
Were the Days, Today in History
TIMELINE: Millennium Milestones
The American Experience | America 1900 | Timeline
1854
- 1919: Imperialism and World War I Timeline
1869
- 1921: Populism and Progressivism Timeline
TIMELINE: Cold War
Parthenon
Graphics Timelines: Full Size Images
CHECK OUT....
"We
Didn't Start the Fire": The History Behind Billy Joel's Song
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
The
Avalon Project : 20th Century Documents
The
Avalon Project : 21st Century Documents
EyeWitness
- The 20th Century
EyeWitness
to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
The Avalon Project : September 11, 2001 : Attack on America
Documents for the Study of American History: 1400 - 2005
Electronic
Text Center at UVa Library
Universal
Newsreels on DVD
Chronological List of Primary Documents at the Library of
Congress
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy, 1898-1914
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: From Versailles to NATO : 1918-1949
The Avalon Project: American Diplomacy - 1778 to the Present
The
Avalon Project: Common Names of Treaties and Other Diplomatic Agreements
Vincent Ferraro, Resources for the Study of International
Relations and Foreign Policy
MSU
Libraries - Special Collections
American Radicalism Collection
The National
Security Archive at George Washington University
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books
PRIMARY SOURCES: New Century Perspectives
PRIMARY SOURCES: Documents Related to the Cold War
PRIMARY
SOURCES: EyeWitness To The 20th Century
The Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
Postwar United States, 1945 to early 1970s
Contemporary United States, 1968-present
Media
Coverage from the Newsmuseum: Stories of The Century
TIME
Magazine Archives - TIME Archives - TIME Magazine Back Issues
Many Pasts-primary documents about the experiences of
ordinary Americans
Social
Welfare and Visual Politics: The Story of Survey Graphic
National Public Radio's Lost and Found Sound and Lost and Found Sound: The Stories
HistoryBuff.com
- Audio Library (part of HistoryBuff.com)
EarthStation1.com
- The Internet's #1 Audio - Visual Archive
EarthStation1.com
- The Historical Sounds & Pictures Archive
Radio
History Audio Snippets
On the Air! Michigan Radio and TV Broadcasting 1920-2000
The AP Looks Back: 150 Years of Capturing the Moment
"FLASH! The Associated Press Covers the World"
Panoramic Photographs from the National Archives
Picturing the Century
MAPS & IMAGES!!!
Current United States Maps
Historical
Atlas of the 20th Century
Reisenett: Historical Maps of the United States
Zoom Into Maps
Timemap - US Borders
Historical
Maps of the United States
MAP
- 20th Century Urban Growth
MAP:
Cold War 1945-1960
MAP:
Cold War 1960-1991
MAPS:
Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls
Map
- Political Violence in America
Image Gallery
Digital
History - American Historical Images
Digital History - Links to Historic Maps
Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photographs from the
National Archives
Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child
Labor
George Eastman House Selected Lewis W. Hine Series
Documenting
America
American
Photography: A Century of Images
Media
Coverage from the Newsmuseum: Stories of The Century
The Learning Page - Community Center - Political Cartoons
Documenting
America
FSA/OWI B&W Photographs - Color Photographs from the FSA and OWI Home Page
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
IMAGES: Settling the Land - 1880-1920
IMAGES: Farming the Land - 1880-1920
THE WAY THINGS WERE: A Photographic Essay on Rural Texans
and Their Buildings, 1850-1940
Transportation and Communication Maps Home Page
TIME.com: TIME Magazine Covers Archive -
SEARCHABLE!!!
LIFE
Online: Cover Collection from '36 to '72
The AP Looks Back: 150 Years of Capturing the Moment
"FLASH! The Associated Press Covers the World"
Panoramic Photographs from the National Archives
FOR INFO ON THE U.S. ROLE IN 20TH CENTURY WARS:
WORLD
WAR I / WORLD WAR II / COLD WAR -
KOREA - VIETNAM - DESERT STORM - ENDURING FREEDOM - CRISIS IN IRAQ
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Leading up to the 20th century: the
1890s
American
Cultural History - Decade 1900-1909
Events,
Trends, and People of the 1900s - 1910s
The
American Experience | America 1900
The 1900
House - Home
New
York City at the Turn of the Century
Turn-of-the-Century Child: Examine their Faces
PRIMARY SOURCES: New Century Perspectives
The
New Model Army: The American Century 1900
The American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days with Nelly Bly
Atlas
- 20th Century Urban Growth
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
HistoryBuff.com -- History Library -- The Triangle
Shirtwaist Fire
New Women
The
American Experience | Wayback - Technology of 1900
From PBS, Great First Person Impressions of Life in
the 20th Century:
People's
Century
People's Century | Timeline
STATISTICS COMPARING 1900 TO TODAY
TIME 100: 1900 vs. Now
TIME 100: 1900 vs. Now: Statistics on the U.S.A.
TIME 100: 1900 vs. Now: Statistics on the World
**** dMarie
Time Capsule - Find out what the average salary, the cost of a home,
the price of a loaf of bread for any year, 1900 - Present.
**** The
Inflation Calculator - Accounting for inflation, $5.00 in 1957 is
now worth $33.98!!! The $0.35 loaf of bread my Mom sent me to the store to buy
in 1967 now costs $1.99! Just plug in an amount and its corresponding value for
any year from 1800 - 2005!
MORE ON THE IMPACT OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND THE
MILLENNIUM
American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century
TIMELINE: Millennium Milestones
AP list
of the 100 top news stories of the 20th Century
The
Top 100 This-and-Thats of the 20th Century
freedomforum.org: Top 100 20th-Century News Stories
My Century | BBC World Service
Images - Millennium "My Century": BBC World
Service
My Century | BBC World Service - Scientific Breakthroughs
TheStreet.com: The Basics of Business History: 100 Events
That Shaped a Century
fiftythings: A
Cultural Inventory For the Next Millennium
Greatest
Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
ESPN.com:
Beauty, grace and speed
American
Photography: A Century of Images
Media
Coverage from the Newsmuseum: Stories of The Century
CNN.com
- Millennium: A Perspectives Series
frontline: apocalypse!
Millennium
Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
Everything
2000
LIFE
Online: Millennium
Looking
Back on the American Century
Picturing the Century
The Second Industrial Revolution
TRANSPORTATION: TRAINS - PLANES -
AUTOMOBILES!!!!
GENERAL
The Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, US DOT
OTT
- Transportation Data and Analysis
Federal
Highway Administration Home Page
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Transportation History
Transport Geography on the Web
Historical Evolution of Transportation
American
Notes: Travel in America, 1750-1920
America On The Move - Home
Page
Transportation and Communication Maps Home Page
Taming the Wilderness: Rivers, Roads, Canals, and Railroads
Erie Canal
- Erie Canal, New York, 1829
Western Transportation History: Crossing the Great Divide of
the America
NYART - Technology in the City Web Exhibit - Transportation
Timeline
Women
in Transportation - Timeline of Events: 1930 - 2000
The American Experience/Technology/New York Underground
Lying
Lightly on the Land Exhibit, National Park Roads and Parkways
American
Highway Project
Touring the 1930s American Roadscape
Roadside
Architecture
Roadside
Peek : Roadside Architecture
Roadside
Architecture: Society for Commercial Archeology
Welcome to
Roadside Peek
Back On Tack -
Roadside Attractions & Oddball Architecture
American
Roadside Architecture of the 20th Century
Diner City, online
guide to classic diners and the American Roadside
PLANES - AVIATION
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long
to return."
-- Leonardo da Vinci
Aviation
Through the Ages
Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum Homepage - more info on the space program
below.
PBS -
Chasing the Sun
The Dream of Flight (A Library of Congress Special
Presentation
Remember the Wright Brothers' historic flight
The
Wright Brothers
How we made the first flight by Orville Wright
"To
Fly is Everything...":A Virtual Museum on the Invention of the Airplane
Flights of
Inspiration
Wright Brothers
Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation Home Page
The
American Experience | WayBack - Flight
The Great Zeppelins, The
Zeppelin Library, & Airships: The Zeppelin website.
Hindenburg Zeppelin, The Hindenberg, "Radio
Days - Hindenburg", Old Radio Programs - Historical Speeches - The Hindenberg
Airship Disaster, The Hindenburg Disaster - Hindenburg
(LZ-129) - The Hindenburg Disaster - The Explosion of the Hindenburg
Dirigible - FBI Documents on the Hindenburg Disaster
The American Experience | Lindbergh
Igor
I. Sikorsky - inventor of the Helicopter
Airlines in the World Wide Web
Color in the Sky: Braniff History and Uniforms
Fatal
Passenger Event Rate By Airline Since 1970
"Air
Rage: The terrorism of temperamental travelers or bad airplane air?"
Aircraft
Images Archive
TRAINS
MAPS: Railroad Collection
National
Railroad Museum Home Page
RAILROAD HISTORY
Railroad
History
American Experience | Streamliners - America's Lost Trains
Steam
Engine Library
United
Pacific Rail Road-History & Photos
Railroad.net - The
Railroad Network
Welcome to The
Cyberspace World Railroad
Santa Fe Railway
Historical & Modeling Society
Union Pacific Railroad
Homepage
Trains Across
America
The American Experience | Riding the Rails
AUTOMOBILES
Driving Distances Between US Cities
Fuel Consumption Conversion Calculator
Welcome to
Gaspricewatch.com - Find the lowest gas prices in your neighborhood
American
Highway Project - Find more on road history and roadside
architecture in the "General Transportation" section above.
The Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, US DOT
Federal
Highway Administration Home Page
Impaired Driver Stats & Facts
The
Effects of Age on the Driving Habits of the Elderly
Vision and Driving Performance in Older Drivers
Automobile
Henry Ford Museum
& Greenfield Village
Howstuffworks
"How Car Engines Work"
The Life
of Henry Ford
Model T Road Trip
Garrett's
Garage
A Brief History of the Auto Industry
Early
Adventures with the Automobile
AUTOPEDIA - The
Automotive Encyclopedia
Automobile History - Car Innovation History
Sloan Museum - Exhibit of historic cars & early automobile
manufacturing
Alfred P. Sloan
Museum
Styling
and design of American automobiles throughout the 1930s.
Classicar.com
1957 Detroit Auto Show Gallery, Michigan Historical Museum
Cars, Consumerism and the Cold War
1950s Cars to Color, Michigan Historical Museum
Why do some countries drive on the left & others on the
right side of the road?
Studebaker
National Museum
The Rise and Fall of the Edsel
Corvair
- A great Car At Any Speed
Classic
Mustang Home Page
Big Trucks -- The Dirty Truth
Stop Signs from Around the World
Old Gas Station
Collectibles - Primarily Petroliana
LICENSE
PLATES and LICENSE PLATE COLLECTING: Platesmenistan
LICENSE
PLATES OF THE WORLD
Classic
mopar car commercials from Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler and Desoto
Classic
Car Commercials
Car Talk: Click and
Clack
Vehix.com - Auto Sales
and Car Reviews
Autoweb.com
Autoweb.com | Kelley Blue Book
WOMAN MOTORIST Internet Magazine with articles on cars, car
reviews
New car prices, used
car pricing, auto reviews by Edmunds car buying guide
PANAMA CANAL & IMPERIALISM
Let the Bloody Truth Be Told: A Chronology of U.S.
Imperialism
TIMELINE:
1854 - 1919: Imperialism and World War I
OUTLINE: Economic Reasons for Imperialism
U.S. Diplomatic History - On the Road to Empire
Reasons for Empire
Ideological Reasons for Empire
Strategic Reasons for Empire
Political Reasons for Empire
America & Imperialism
Creating the Empire
Managing the Empire 1899-1909
American
Foreign Policy in the Late 19th Century: Philosophical Underpinings
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 - 1929
Anti-Imperialism
in the United States, 1898-1935
More on Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898 - 1935
Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Morality of Power
Explorations: Becoming a World Power
The
Age of Imperialism
U.S. History - Early Imperialism
U.S.Imperialism
PRIMARY SOURCE: Panama Canal Treaty
The
Panama Canal - More Panama Canal
Panama Canal
History Museum - Photos, Documents, Books and Stories
How the Panama Canal works plus canal history, java
animation
CNN In-Depth Specials - Panama Canal Handover
The Panama Canal -
El Canal de Panamá - www.PanCanal.com
PanamaCanalMuseum.org
History House: The Canal That Almost Wasn't
History House: Things to do in Panama when you Have Yellow
Fever
History House: Death and Dying in Panama
POLITICAL CARTOONS: Theodore Roosevelt and the Image of
Empire
BoondocksNet.com
- great site on Imperialism
Platt Amendment, 1903
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy, 1898-1914
PHILIPPINE
INSURRECTION MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
ACTION
AGAINST PHILIPPINE OUTLAWS 1911 MEDALS OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
PROGRESSIVE ERA
TIMELINE:
1869 - 1921: Populism and Progressivism
The Progressive Era, 1900-1916 - The Progressive Era, 1900-1920
OUTLINE: PROGRESSIVISM
Progressivism - what it's all about
The Antiquities Act of 1906
Mind
Your Business!: One Woman’s Encounter with Reformers
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
JACOB RIIS REFORMER- PHOTOGRAPHER: A GALLERY
Eugenics
Archive
HistoryBuff.com -- History Library -- The Triangle
Shirtwaist Fire
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION & PANCHO VILLA
History of the Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution 1910
Revolucion de Mexico
Mexican
Revolution
MEXICAN REVOLUTION 1910-1940 PRINCIPAL FIGURES
General Links to the Mexican Revolution
Who
Was Pancho Villa?
PANCHO VILLA PAGE
The Hunt for Pancho Villa - El Sol de San Diego
Pancho
Villa's Raid on Columbus, New Mexico
US Border Patrol Beginning
MEXICAN
CAMPAIGN (VERA CRUZ) RECIPIENTS OF MEDAL OF HONOR
THE GREAT WAR
Please visit World War I page.
THE 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
The Bubonic Plague may be more famous, but the Influenza
epidemic that began in 1918 killed 25 million people in one year!!
This article begins with a brief description of the Plague, but then gives some
facts on the awful pandemic of 1918.
The American Experience | Influenza 1918
Flu Epidemic of 1918: An American Plague
Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
The
1918 Influenza Pandemic
1918 - Influenza
Life
at Camp Funston
BETWEEN THE WARS: THE RED SCARE & THE COMMUNIST
MENACE
Between
the Wars: The Red Scare
Red Raids, Communist Fears
The Palmer Raids
About Red Scare (1918-1921)
Red Scare (1918-1921) : Subject Headings
Red Scare (1918-1921) : Thumb List, Chronological
Red Scare: Home Page
The Bid Red Scare
JWA
- Emma Goldman - Overview
RAGTIME & JAZZ!
Dates in the Development of Ragtime
Jazz: Marking Time in American Culture
DECOY's
Scott Joplin Page
Ragtime
alphbetic index
ORIGIN OF RAGTIME
Ragtime History
A
"Dixieland" and "Jazz" Overview
History
of Jazz
Jazz Age Links
The Jazz Age Page
American
Popular Music 1900 to 1950
RADIO, TV, AND THE MEDIA
U. S. Mass Media History
TIMELINE: Media History 1900s
Old-Time
Radio Program Guide
Broadcasting History
On the Air! Michigan Radio and TV Broadcasting 1920-2000
Radio
History Audio Snippets
HistoryBuff.com
HistoryBuff.com
- Audio Library
History of Radio and Television
Recording Technology History links
History of Radio
Television Finds a Home
History of TV - Network TV - Split Personality Television - Satellite & Cable Television - Digital TV - Television Sources
WOMEN GET THE VOTE!!!!!
TIMELINE:
One Hundred Years toward Suffrage
TIMELINE:
US Suffrage Movement 1792 - 1920 and 1920
- Today
PRIMARY
SOURCES: Women's Liberation Movement - Duke Special Collection
The 19th Amendment
19th. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Why
did it take women so long to win the right to vote?
Women's Suffrage
Woman and the Republic: An Anti-Suffrage Argument by Helen
Kendrick John
OPPOSITION TO FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
THE ARGUMENTS OF THE ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS
England's Influence on US Women's Suffrage
Living the Legacy
1848-1998
By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage
Pictures, 1850-1920
Suffrage: Women's Vote - Woman
Suffrage - 1900-1920
Woman Suffrage Sources at Duke
History
of Women's Suffrage
Women Suffrage in the Progressive Era
Biographies of Suffragists
The Pioneers of Woman's Suffrage
IMAGES: Votes for Women
Pictures of Women's Suffrage Movement
Teacher Resources - Collection - Votes for Women, 1848-1921
Jeannette
Rankin: Elected to Congress before Women's Suffrage
Frances Perkins: first woman US Cabinet member
The Idea of Women's Equality and its Migration throughout
American History
New Women
The National
Women's Hall of Fame - Welcome!
Women's Rights
National Historical Park (National Park Service)
WRITING
WOMEN INTO HISTORY
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION HISTORY - WHO & WHY THEY CAME
TIMELINE: Immigrant Experience
CHART: U.S. Immigration History
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population
of the United States: 1850-1990
Historical Background of the United States Census
- Historical Census Browser
History of International Migration Site
The Migration to North America
Digital History - Ethnic America
Multicultural
American West
Digital History - Landmarks in Immigration History
Immigration Through Time
Immigration History
Immigration to the United States
Immigration to the USA 1860-1960
Immigration at the turn of the 20th Century
Immigration in the 19th and 20th Centuries
The Changing Character of Immigration
Americans In The Raw
Anti-Immigration and the KKK
Population Movements & Migration
American
Family Immigration History Center - From Ellis Island - Find your
ancestors!
HISTORY
OF ELLIS ISLAND
The
Immigrant Experience
THE
IMMIGRANT JOURNEY
Electronic Ellis Island: A Virtual Heritage Museum
National Building Museum - The Abandoned Bldgs. of Ellis
Island
A Nation of Nations
Immigration, Ellis Island
The American
Immigrant Wall of Honor
The Immigration Experience
Chinese Immigration to the United States
Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America
American West - Swedish Emigration to America
IMAGES: Immigrants: North Dakota, Land of Opportunity -
1880-1920
Documents on Anti-Chinese Immigration Policy
Tension over Immigration: 1920s Restriction of foreign immigration
IMMIGRATION TO THE FREE WORLD: Quotas during World War II
Angel Island
Home Page
Immigration
Station
Angel Island:
Immigrant Journeys of Chinese-Americans
The American Jewish Experience through the Nineteenth
Century: Immigration
Roman Catholics and Immigration in Nineteenth-Century
America
GUESS
WHO'S THE IMMIGRANT, U.S. Immigration, Famous Immigrants
Famous & Notable Immigrants - Celebrity
Immigrants - Historical Immigrants - Statue of Liberty National Monument -- Famous Immigrants
“We Do
Not Understand the Foreigners”: John J. Martin Testifies on the 1919 Steel
Strike
"Gypsies" in the United States
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl (Immigration &
Sweatshops)
PASSENGER
LISTS ON THE INTERNET
Ship's Passenger Lists and Indexes
Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources
Immigration History
Research Center
"The
New Negro" Immigration and Migration
Emma
Lazarus Fund - Links
Eugenics
Archive
THE INS, IMMIGRATION TODAY, & VARIOUS TOPICS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION
US Immigration and Naturalization Service Home
USINS Glossary
Life
in the USA: The Complete Guide for Immigrants and Americans
Immigration Daily Headline News
Daily Headline News Archives - Immigration Issues
Immigration
Issues
U.S. Constitution Test - Today's test
administered to all immigrants desiring to become U.S. citizens
IMMIGRATION: A
GUIDE TO IMMIGRATING TO THE U.S.
The
WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
GERMAN
AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee: Education - Famous
Arab Americans
Emerald Isle
Immigration Center - Irish Immigrant Advice Center- New York
FAIR - Federation for
American Immigration Reform
Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies: IMMIGRANT/REFUGEE
Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts
CBP.gov - U.S. Customs
& Border Patrol
THE ROARING TWENTIES
OUTLINE: The Roaring 1920s
OUTLINE: A New Era 1920-1929
American
Cultural History - Decade 1920-1929
Important
Events, Trends, & People of the 1920s
The
1920's Experience - People, Events, Fads, Fashion, Entertainment,
Art, Literature, Music, Inventions!!!
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s
Summary: The 1920s
The Jazz Age: The American 1920s
BOOM AND BUST, 1921-1933
The Politics of Prosperity: The 1920s
The Politics of Frustration: The 1920s
Clash of Cultures Homepage
Jazz Age Culture
Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer
Economy, 1921-1929
The Lawless
Decade By Paul Sann
Welcome to the 1920's
Roaring
20s and the Great Depression History Resources
1920s
The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties
1920s
Floor Show
Jazz: Marking Time in American Culture - More
info in the Jazz & Ragtime section above.
Flapper
Culture & Style
America in the 1920s
Roaring
1920's Concert Extravaganza
U.S.
Prosperity, Cultural Clash, and Market Crash
Scopes Trial Home Page - UMKC School of Law
The Scopes Trial
Inherit the Wind - the play based on the Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' - July 10, 1925
American
Experience | Monkey Trial
Leopold and Loeb Trial Home Page
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case (overview)
The Advertising of Installment Plans During the 1920s
100,000,000
Guinea Pigs: The Dangers of Consumption
THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE 1920S
The Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, The Second Ku Klux Klan, The Ku Klux Klan in the City 1915-1930, The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, The KKK in Texas, Ku Klux Klan in Dallas, Texas During the 1920s, Klu Klux Klan in 1920s El Paso, TX, Journal of San Diego History: San Diego's Ku Klux Klan
1920-1980
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sheiks and Shebas - Women's Fashions of the 1920s
NARA | Exhibit Hall | The Constitution: The 19th Amendment
19th. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Votes for Women: Timeline - More info available on my Women
web page.
New Women
Harlem Renaissance: A Brief Introduction
Harlem
Renaissance
Harlem - 1925: "Mecca of the New Negro"
“The
Eruption of Tulsa”: An NAACP Official Investigates the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921
Dorothy Parker's
New York - for more on authors of the 1920s, check out my Literature
and Drama page.
Texas Guinan's Speakeasy and Stationer's - 1920s postcards
The
American Experience | Lindbergh
Agricultural Changes in the 20s
Greatest
Films of the 1920s
American Experience | Fatal Flood
Art for Trade's Sake: The Fusion of Commerce and Culture,
1927-1934
Oh
Yeah?: Herbert Hoover Predicts Prosperity
“The
Gigantic Forces of Depression Are Today in Retreat”: Hoover Insists
Black Thursday: October 24, 1929 - New York Times Headlines
The Stock-Market Crash as a Hallmark of the Period
The Crash of 1929 and the Depression
INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: Causes of the Wall Street Crash
1929
Stock Market Crash, charts and stories of the 1987 Stock Market Crash
- For more on the Crash and the coming of the Great Depression, check out the
section on the TURBULENT THIRTIES below.
GANGSTERS AND PROHIBITION IN THE 1920s
PROHIBITION
Why Prohibition?
Prelude to Prohibition
The Politics of Prohibition: The 1920s
Prohibition in the Progressive Era
Prohibition as a Hallmark of the Period
Prohibition
The Volstead Act
The Constitution: 18th Amendment (Homer vs. The 18th Amendment, The Simpsons - TV.com)
The Constitution: 21st Amendment - Repeal of the 18th
Amendment
Prohibition in Oregon: The Vision & the Reality
Woman's Crusade of 1873-74
Liquor Control, Temperance, and Prohibition
Speakeasies
Cocktail - Speakeasy
Texas Guinan: Queen of the Night by Leo Trachtenberg
The Brewing Industry and Prohibition
Saloons
Anti-Saloon
League Home Page
The
Ohio Dry Campaign of 1918
Dry
Propaganda
Thirst
in America in the Late Twenties and Early Thirties: Prohibition
Prohibition
of Alcohol in the 1920s
ALCOHOL
PROHIBITION WAS A FAILURE
Success or Failure?
GANGSTERS & CRIME
History of the FBI - Lawless Years (1921-1933) -
For more on the History of the FBI, check out History of the FBI
FBI History - Famous Cases
Al Capone - from the Crime Library
ALPHONSE CAPONE
History
Files - Al Capone
St Valentine's Day Massacre and more on the St.
Valentine's Day Massacre
Eliot Ness
Exhibit: Al Capone Verdict
Al Capone's Gravesite
History
of the Mafia
Organized
Crime In America of the Thirties: Best Cellars
THE TURBULENT THIRTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
GENERAL
SITES
OUTLINE: The Great Depression
NEW
DEAL TIMELINE: 1933 and 1934
TIMELINE:
America's Great Depression
Timeline of the Great Depression
INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: Causes of the Wall Street Crash
1930's Timeline
Definitions of key terms relating to the Great Depression
New Deal Network:
The Great Depression, the 1930s, and the Roosevelt Adm
The Real Deal: Intro
The Great Depression
Summary of the New Deal
Twenties,
Depression & New Deal
About the USA - U.S. History > The Great Depression and
the New Deal
Boom and Depression
America in the 1930s
1930s
FrontPage
America's
Great Depression
The
Great Depression
The
United States, Depression, and Neutrality
Great Depression and New Deal History Forum
Franklin
D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
Introduction:
The Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression and the New Deal
BOOM AND BUST, 1921-1933
Coping with the Great Depression
Americans React to the Great Depression
The Crash and the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression - Intro
Hoovervilles During the Great Depression
Race During the Great Depression
1930s Great Depression Gallery, Michigan Historical Museum
We
Made Do - Recalling The Great Depression
Prices for various items during the Great Depression
Then and Now: Prices, 1930s Great Depression Gallery
Riding
the Rails--Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression
The American Experience | Riding the Rails
Hewitt's New Deal Webquest
The Great Depression and The New Deal
Philosophies of President Hoover and President Roosevelt
Sliding into the Great Depression
America's
Great Depression - Links
Building America: FDR's New Deal
Hoover Presidential Museum: The Great Depression
Picturing the Century: The Great Depression and the New Deal
OUTLINE: NEW SOUTH TO 1970s
Great
Depression History Resources
APUSH Web Links-Depression & The New Deal
Portrait of America: Survey Graphic in the Thirties
Index of resources on the 1930s in America
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
PRIMARY
SOURCES: WPA Life Histories--Home Page
PRIMARY
SOURCES: Been Here So Long - WPA American Slave Narratives
PRIMARY SOURCES: WPA Life Histories from Texas
PRIMARY SOURCES: Great Depression Oral Histories
Social
Welfare and Visual Politics: The Story of Survey Graphic
NEW
DEAL DOCUMENT LIBRARY: Author
Index - Chronological Index - Publisher/Collection
Index - Subject Index
NARA 1930
Census Microfilm Locator - Welcome Page
Oh
Yeah?: Herbert Hoover Predicts Prosperity
“The
Gigantic Forces of Depression Are Today in Retreat”: Hoover Insists
PRIMARY SOURCE: Letter to President Roosevelt
Document Library: Fireside Chats
Clergy Letters to FDR
The
Social Implications of the Roosevelt Administration, by H. Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum: Photos of Great
Depression & New
WPA
Photoessays
New
Deal Network Photo Gallery
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA,
1936-1943
FDR Cartoon
Collection Database
Archival Resources on the Great Depression
The Magpie
Sings the Great Depression - Student Voices from the 1930s
“I’m
Going to Fight Like Hell:” Anna Taffler and the Unemployed Councils of the
1930s
“Sir I
Will Thank You with All My Heart”: Seven Letters from the Great Migration
American
Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project
Documentary
Photography
U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color
FSA/OWI B&W Photographs
FSA-OWI: About the Collection -- Written Records
FSA-OWI: Selected Bibliography and Related Web Sites
Color Photographs from the FSA and OWI Home Page
NARA | Research Room | Guide to Records of the Children's
Bureau
CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(It wasn't just the 1929 Market Crash!)
Black Thursday: October 24, 1929 - Introduction
1929
Stock Market Crash, charts and stories of the 1987 Stock Market Crash
The Crash of 1929
The Stock-Market Crash as a Hallmark of the Period
Looking Beyond Traditional Interpretations
Boom and Depression
The Great Depression - More Great Depression
Causes and Effects of the "Great Depression"
The Roots of the Great Depression
America's
Great Depression - Causes and Cures
FRANKLIN DELANO & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library & Museum
Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt's Timeline
INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: The Impact of FDR
Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library & Museum - Online Photos
PRIMARY SOURCE: FDR's First Inaugural Address(March 4, 1933)
- FDR Second Inaugural, January 20, 1937
Document Library: Fireside Chats
FDR SPEAKS
PRIMARY
SOURCE: FDR's First Fireside Chat(March 12, 1933) - FDR Fireside Chat on the New Deal, 1934
FDR's Second Term
Character Above All: Franklin D. Roosevelt Essay
THE AGE OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-1945
FDR Cartoon
Collection Database
Drawing FDR: Jerry Doyle and Fred O'Seibel - New Deal
Political Cartoonists
Hyde
Park: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
The
American Experience | Eleanor Roosevelt
Columnists on Parade: Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
ValKill Home
Eleanor Roosevelt: American Visionary
What New Deal Policies did Eleanor Roosevelt influence?
AGRICULTURE & THE DUST BOWL
AGRICULTURE - TENANCY - SHARECROPPING
IMAGES: Farming the Land - 1880-1920
FDR Cartoon Dabatabase: The Farms Issue
New
Deal Network Photo Gallery-Farm-to-Market Roads
Thumbs, FSA Labor maps, USDA History Collection
Boll weevil illustration, USDA History Collection
Agricultural Changes in the 1920s
Agriculture During the Great Depression
Cotton and Petroleum Crises of 1931 in Texas
NEW
MEANS TO RESCUE AGRICULTURE, 3/16/33
FDR:
"America's Economic Problem Number 1" - A response to
FDR's speech by Harry Hopkins, WPA Administrator
Agricultural Adjustment Act
FDR's Address on the Agricultural Adjustment Act, May 14,
1935
Chronology of the Farm Security Administration
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
The Farm Security Administration - Info and images of the FSA
photography division can be found below in the section on Great Depression
photography.
Comments
on the Farm Security Administration