The Roosevelt family was one of the most influential and prominent political forces in the 20th century, leaving behind a wide-ranging legacy of conservation, progressivism, and economic growth. Learn more about President Theodore...

A Thomas Edison film and an essay about the amusement park experience, a new leisure pastime made possible by urbanization and industrialization.

A "bloody shirt" speech from Robert Ingersoll that emphasizes the virtue of Republican candidates and attacks Democrats as traitors during the Civil War.

Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.

Extensive collection from the University of Virginia that explores many aspects of Twain's short story, "Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress." Included are links that examine pre-texts, letters, sales, advertisement,...

This PBS site follows undercover journalist Nellie Bly (1864-1922) on her 72-day journey in 1889 around the world.

Read about the man who invented the modern-day sport of baseball, Alexander Joy Cartwright. This article talks about the history and development of the sport and gives example the rules in other "versions" of baseball.

Analysis of this portrait of a mother and child by Sargent communicates many of the essential qualities of his work.

This site from the privately owned site, The Arlington National Cemetery Website, contains factual information on Abner Doubleday, Major General, U.S. Army. Although he has a fascinating history, his claim to fame of inventing baseball...

This site from Mr. Baseball has information about the man who created the modern rules of baseball, Alexander Joy Cartwright.