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.
3 19th-Century Industrialists
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The founder of the Red Cross dedicated her life to helping others and fighting for equality.
Traveling the Oregon Trail wasn’t the romanticized journey of popular imagination.
Before inspiring a well-known computer game, the Oregon Trail led hundreds of thousands of settlers west during the 19th century.
The Oregon Trail led hundreds of thousands of pioneers west from Missouri to Oregon in the 19th century.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 introduced about 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France into the United States, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. Explore the facts about this important acquisition and its lasting legacy on Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
'Bucket shops' blurred the line between gambling and forecasting, laying the groundwork for today’s prediction markets.
In 1804, Lewis and Clark set off on a journey filled with harrowing confrontations, harsh weather and fateful decisions.
The explorers not only produced maps from their 1804-1806 expedition to the American West, they also recorded some 122 animals new to science.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804 to explore the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked fierce debate. Explore concerns over cost, constitutionality, slavery and Federalist opposition.
From secret missions to Sacagawea’s role, here are 10 lesser-known facts about the expedition.
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.
