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Chapter 20: Progressive Reform from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890-1916

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    American Family Immigration History Center: Ellis Island,
http://www.ellisisland.org
"Between 1892 and 1924 over 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York. Now you can research passenger records from ships that brought the immigrants - even see the original manifests with the passengers names."*

    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 ."*

    On the Lower East Side, http://acad.smumn.edu/history/contents.html
"A collection of documents about life at the turn of the century in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, an area known for its large immigrant population and high concentration of tenement houses. The page was created by William L. Crozier to accompany a class at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. The site includes articles from Jacob Riis, Mary Van Kleek, the Mayor's Pushcart Commission, and the Tenement Exhibit of 1900."*

    The Evolution of the Conservation Movement,
"A searchable database of sources related to the conservation movement from 1850 to 1920. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory collection, the site contains a timeline of major events and developments, as well as a searchable archive of books, pamphlets, state papers, illustrations, and photographs."*

    The Strenuous Life, http://www.ushistory.net/toc/strenuous.html
"An electronic version of Theodore Roosevelt's famous speech of 1899, "The Strenuous Life," as it was then reproduced in The New York Times."*

    Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century,
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/index.htm
"A pictorial and narrative examination of Theodore Roosevelt. Created by the Smithsonian Institution, these pages mix images from the National Portrait Gallery with biographical text in a chronological format. The site also features segments on the Roosevelt family and friends such as naturalist John Muir."*

    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."*