This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.

A five-question quiz over the rise of industrial capitalism and the Gilded Age.

Track the Victorian Age through this informative research site. This site contains several links to help bridge your knowledge of Victorian research. Don't miss out.

Debs began his association with labor issues at an early age starting with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. He went on to be active in the American Railway Union, the Socialist Party of America, and the Industrial Workers of the...

Overview of the American industrial age growth of corporations and urbanization.

The Industrial Revolution brought not only new job opportunities but new laborers to the workforce: children. By 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. 1904, the National Child Labor Committee formed in the...

Use this site to learn about industrial designer Raymond Loewy and how his Avanti car design was brought to reality. You'll also be able to find out what involvement he had with kitchens and NASA.

10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and tests your knowledge of industry and the labor movement in the late 19th century.

This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...

This site from Victorian Context is an article that talks about the politics of reform in England. It gives information about how these politics effected the influence on the Victorian Literature. It is an informative article that goes...

Site contains information on the frustration of "Gilded Age workers."

A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.

Briefly describes the shift in offices from male to female clerical workers. Details the progression of women in going from clerical positions to managerial positions.

As the influence of large corporations spread in the age of big business, push-back was inevitable. Read about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the government's attempts to rein in the laissez-faire attitudes of corporations and the lack...

Four lesson plans for exploring the reign of Queen Victoria, with instructions for introducing learners to the positive and negative impacts of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, to the leaders of Victorian England, to the role...

This site from Musicals101.com explains the emergence of vaudeville and burlesque from the middle class needs of industrialized America. Part II explains what makes up a vaudeville act.

This thirty-minute video, the seventeenth in a series on American history, examines the rocky relationship between labor, management, and industry from 1882 to 1901. You can also read the transcript, find a map of the Anthracite Strike,...

This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...

Read about the life of this famous industrialist and philanthropist in his own words in this full-text edition published in 1920.

Provides full length, section-by-section text of the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the 47th U.S. Congress in 1882.

Brief history of Tammany Hall from beginning to the fall of the political machine.

Study the modernization of Europe, the unification of Germany and Italy, and the New Imperialism in Africa and Asia with these resources. Find videos, lessons, and PowerPoint presentations.

Katherine Paterson writes historical fiction for middle school aged learners. This book on the Bread and Roses strike includes good factual information about the strike woven into a personal story. This teacher's guide is a handy...

Read about the building of the first transcontinental railroad and other railroads that came after. Find out how the checkerboard land ownership system affected the railroads. Includes lots of detailed lesson activities as well as a poster.