What changes did Americans see in people, culture and politics?
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to education for people who were freed from slavery after the Civil War.
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to the Homestead Act and Westward Expansion.
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to immigration issues at the end of the 19th century.
Go to Topic 3: Government and Public Responses to Immigration
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources focusing on the Haymarket Riot in Chicago as factory workers protested poor working conditions.
Go to Topic 4: “Chicago's Wild Mobs:” Industrialization and Anarchy
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to the election contest between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan.
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources that relate to the Oyster Wars on the Chesapeake Bay.
Go to Topic 6: The Oyster Wars