Read about federal politics during the Gilded Age and why not much was accomplished during this time.

Political patronage was a big problem in the late 19th century and led to corruption within the government. This made it difficult to reform the civil service. Tariffs were another big issue and affected economic groups in different...

Learn about the factors that helped the Populist Party gain followers and what caused it to lose them after the 1896 presidential election.

Learn about the development of the farmers' protest movement in the 19th century, and how it evolved into a political movement.

Read this entire novel here, and look at the illustrations that accompany it, including several portraits of William Dean Howells (1837-1920 CE).

Full-text version of the novel, including links to illustrations. Reproduced from the 1895 edition.

The full texts to Twain's lesser-known works can be accessed from this site such as "Celebrated Jumping Frog" and "The Innocents Abroad." Read facsimiles of the original books or plain text versions.

American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...

The entire, original Jungle Tales of Tarzan, formatted for online reading.

The text and pictures of the book written by Jane Addams about her experiences at Hull House.

Learn about the development of the consumer mindset at the end of the 19th century.

Learn how the muckrakers explosed problems and corruption, which galvanized the public to demand change from the government, thus triggering the Progressive movement, and everything that meant.

Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...

A short summation of how Hearst and Pulitzer shaped the newspapers of their day by adding new features that would appeal to the populace.

"Turkeys Turning the Tables" is an amusing story that could be read aloud around Thanksgiving. Read the full text on this site.

Read the short story "Christmas Every Day" by William D. Howells about a young American girl whose wish that Christmas would come daily is granted for an entire year.

A section of a textbook on U.S. history. It presents key concepts on manufacturing and its mechanization during the Second Industrial Revolution, vocabulary that students need to understand, several paragraphs of information, and links...