American History 102: 1865-Present
Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History
William P. Tishler, Producer
 

Hitchhiker's Guide to American History

Sites Sorted by Relation to Lectures

Lectures 01-05   ||   Lectures 06-10   ||   Lectures 11-15
Lectures 16-20   ||   Lectures 21-25   ||   Lectures 26-30

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Lecture 11
 The Dawn of Liberalism: Progressivism
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College Working conditions at the Westinghouse Works
College HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, by Jacob Riis
High School  Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
High School Biography of Lewis Hine
College Theodore Roosevelt
High School  Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose Years
College Eugenics Watch
College Washington Gladden, "Applied Christianity"


Lecture 12
 The Policemen of the World
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College Mark Twain on War and Independence
College Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935
College "Imperialism Is Easy," by John Dewey
High School A Splendid Little War
High School America at the Turn of the Century: A Look at the Historical Context
College  The World of 1898: The Spanish American War


Lecture 13
 Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Morality of Power
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
College "'The White Man's Burden' and Its Critics," by Jim Zwick
College THE OCTOPUS, by Frank Norris
College The Versailles Treaty, June 28, 1919, and Related Sources
College "Occupied Territories," by John Brigham
High School About Theodore Roosevelt


Lecture 14
 Women, Feminism and Sex in Progressive America
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
College Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
College "The Women of Antebellum Richmond: Domestic Values and Public Ambitions," by Elizabeth Woolley
College "The Yellow Wall-Paper" Site (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
High School "Not For Ourselves Alone": The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
High School Women's History
College "Declaration of Sentiments," Seneca Falls Convention, 1848, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
High School Biographies of Historical Women


Lecture 15
 The Politics of Prosperity: The 1920s
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
High School The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
Grad "Conspicuous Consumption," from THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS, by Thorstein Veblen
High School  The Jazz Age Page
College A Comparative Chronology of Money, 1920-1938
High School The Life of Henry Ford
High School Surfing the Aether - Broadcasting in the 1920s
College  Excerpts from The Man Nobody Knows
High School Yesterday USA: Vintage Radio Broadcasts (RealAudio)


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