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America between the Civil W...
The newly reunified United States experienced a tenuous peace following the American Civil War. It was a period characterized by great technological advances, but also by increased political, economic, and social polarization. This penetrating look at American history between the Civil War and 20th century includes firsthand accounts that reveal the prevailing ideologies of the time and shed light on significant people and events
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monografia Rebiun38192883 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun38192883 m o d cr un ---uuuua 111205s2013 nyuab ob 001 0 eng d 2011049631 9786613669124 9781615306848 9781280692185 1280692189 9781615307104 1615307109 MiFhGG eng MiFhGG rda pn eng n-us--- 973.8 America between the Civil War and the 20th century, 1865 to 1900 edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt America between the Civil War and the twentieth century, 1865 to 1900 1st ed New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 2013 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 2013 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), map 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) Text txt computer c online resource cr Documenting America : the primary source documents of a nation Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Growth of the Country; Immigration; Document: Emma Lazarus: "The NewColossus" (1886); Westward Migration; Document: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882); Document: William H. Seward: The Promise of Alaska (1869); Urban Growth; Chapter 2: The West; The Mineral Empire; Document: Henry Eno: Silver in Nevada (1869); The Open Range; The Expansion of the Railroads; Indian Policy; Document: Chief Joseph: The DisillusionedIndian (1879); Chapter 3: The Growth of Industry Document: Andrew Carnegie: The Picture Lover and Picture Buyer (1886)The Dispersion of Industry; Industrial Combinations; Foreign Commerce; Document: Henry Demarest Lloyd: Monopoly and Social Control (1884); Chapter 4: Labour; Formation of Unions; Document: The Knights of Labor (1878); The Haymarket Riot; Document: The Pullman Strike andBoycott (1894); Document: Samuel Gompers: The Laborer's Light to Life (1894); Chapter 5: National Politics; Document: Woodrow Wilson: The Declining Prestige of the Presidential Office (1885); The Gilded Age; Chapter 6: The Rutherford B. Hayes Administration Document: Rutherford B. Hayes: Wealth in the Hands of the Few (1886-87)Chapter 7: The Administrations of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur; Document: "Charles Guiteau" (1882); Chapter 8: Grover Cleveland's First Term; The Surplus and the Tariff; The Public Domain; The Interstate Commerce Act; The Election of 1888; Document: Grover Cleveland:Surplus Revenues and the Tariff (1887); Chapter 9: The Benjamin Harrison Administration; The Sherman Anti-Trust Act; The Silver Issue; Document: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890); The Mckinley Tariff; The Agrarian Revolt; The Populists Document: Hamilton Wicks: The Oklahoma Land Rush (1889)The Election of 1892; Document: William A. Peffer: The Rise of Farmer Organizations (1891); World's Columbian Exposition; Chapter 10: From Cleveland to Economic Recovery; Cleveland's Second Term; Document: James Laurence Laughlin: Against Free Coinage of Silver (1895); Document: Jacob S. Coxey:Business Depression and Public Works (1894); The Election of 1896; Mark Hanna; Economic Recovery; Document: William Jennings Bryan:The Cross of Gold (1896); Conclusion; Appendices (Documents); Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) William H. Seward: The Promise of Alaska (1869)Henry Eno: Silver in Nevada (1869); Chief Joseph: The Disillusioned Indian (1879); Andrew Carnegie: The Picture Lover and the Picture Buyer (1886); Henry Demarest Lloyd: Monopoly and Social Control (1884); The Kights of Labor (1878); The Pullman Strike and Boycott; I. Statement of the Strikers; II. Statement of the Company; Samuel Gompers: The Laborer's Right toLife (1894); Woodrow Wilson: The Declining Prestigeof the Presidential Office (1885); Rutherford B. Hayes: Wealth in the Hands of the Few (1886-87) Grover Cleveland: Surplus Revenues and the Tariff (1887) The newly reunified United States experienced a tenuous peace following the American Civil War. It was a period characterized by great technological advances, but also by increased political, economic, and social polarization. This penetrating look at American history between the Civil War and 20th century includes firsthand accounts that reveal the prevailing ideologies of the time and shed light on significant people and events English United States- History- 1865-1898- Sources Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H. editor 9781615306848 1615306846 Documenting America