The November 6, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly included this double-page cartoon that mocks the platform of the New York Democratic Party, including its opposition to the 15th Amendment. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project examines the details.
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Anti-alcoholism cartoons like this one, which depicts the nine steps of the "drunkard's progress," were widespread in the 19th century. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains why.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the nativism of the 1840s and 1850s—the fear that the flood of Irish and German immigration would result in immigrants out-breeding, out-voting, and out-working native-born Americans.
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Scholar and author Nancy S. Seasholes follows the history of landmaking in Boston, looking at the history and means of creation of fill in the city.
Another version of this lecture is available in our database. The other (node identification number 2005) is slightly more recent.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how backlash against Chinese Workers in the 1850s led to the Chinese Exclusion Act, perhaps the harshest anti-immigration legislation in American history.
This iCue Mini-Documentary presents the textile industry in Lowell, MA, as representative of the transition of American girls from the farms to the factories.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Samuel Slater, a mill worker from England, who borrowed technology that spurred the textile industry in America.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the late 19th century, America's largest cities were dominated by immigrants torn between honoring the traditions of their homeland and embracing American culture.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, as American cities grew in the 19th and early 20th centuries, politics became dominated by the "machine," a sometimes corrupt system of authority.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how the discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to an unprecedented migration, as thousands of people traveled west in the hopes of making it big.
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