US History Links

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Chapter 19: Fighting for Change in the Turbulent Nineties, 1890-1900

Links

    American Imperialism, http://www.boondocksnet.com
"An extensive site about American imperialism at the turn of the century. Created by Jim Zwick, the author of numerous publications on the Philippines and American imperialism, the site presents a wide variety of resources on the Spanish- and Philippine-American wars, imperialism, anti-imperialism, and the Worlds Fairs. The site includes an extensive collection of stereoscopic images, political cartoons, maps, photographs, and documents from the period. For a similar site focusing on Cuba, see The Spanish-American War Centennial Web site at http://spanam.simplenet.com ."*

    Minnesota Women's Christian Temperance Union, http://womhist.binghamton.edu/wctu/intro.htm
"A documentary examination of the Minnesota branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) between 1878 and 1917. Part of the State University of New York at Binghampton's online project, Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930, the site contains the public addresses of a series of Minnesota WCTU presidents and discusses the organization's transition from moral to political advocacy."*

    Spanish-American War, http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898
"Resources on the 1898 Spanish-American War from the Library of Congress collection. The page includes an introductory essay that provides an overview of the war and a timeline of all the events, which can be broken down into regional timelines. The focus of the site is on the people, places, and events of the conflict and on Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Spain. The literary response to the war is displayed in the prose and poetry of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and America authors."*

    Votes for Women: NAWSA, 1848-1921, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
"An archive of books, pamphlets, and papers from the National American Women Suffrage Association from 1848 to 1921. This exhibit from the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress contains 167 documents from the NAWSA collection. It can be searched by subject or author and also contains a detailed timeline."*

    Votes for Women: Photographs, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
"A collection of 38 pictures and portraits from the women's suffrage movement. An American Memory exhibit from the Library of Congress, the collection can be accessed through a keyword search or the name and subject index. The collection includes photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, an anti-suffrage display, cartoons commenting on the movement, and portraits of women active in the movement."*