University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Anglo Amer. Colonization in Texas: Food Production
Describes the role Texas played in trading food crops in the mid-1800s.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Urban Growth and Westward Expansion
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the rise in population in American cities in the late 1800's and westward expansion.
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Class Flow: Native Americans and the Last Battles
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the history of the conflict between the US government and Native Americans on the Great Plains in the late 1800's.
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Design Museum (London): A Century of Chairs
Beginning with Michael Thonet's design of furniture in the 1800's, this site from Design Museum explores the changes in the design of the chair through the ages of art.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasures: A More Perfect Union: Gallery B
This is a large site from American Treasures covering primary source documents from the early 1800s through the Civil War and on to Western Expansion.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Bringing the "New Colossus" to America
This lesson plan provides suggestions for augmenting a study of The Statue of Liberty. Includes information on the Emma Lazarus sonnet, "The New Colossus," (which was written about the statue) and the attitudes towards immigration during...
Library of Congress
Loc: Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention: Elliot's Debates
Here one can view the five volumes of The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, which were put together by Jonathan Elliot in the mid-1800s. These debates extend from September 1787 to...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: History of Kenya
Mainly an article concerning Kenyan independence, there is a brief section about colonial rule in the 1800s.
University of Wisconsin
Univ. Of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame: John Plankinton
John Plankinton is recognized as having founded Wisconsin's meat industry in the 1800s. A biography os his life is presented in this museum exhibit.
University of Wisconsin
Univ. Of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame: Frederick Layton
Frederick Layton made his fortune in the meat packing industry in Milwaukee in the 1800s. He became one of the city's greatest benefactors, along with his wife. They gave much of their money, as well as art works, to support the Layton...
University of Pennsylvania
A Celebration of Women Writers: Civilization in Southern Mills
Stories of women and children working in Southern mills in the late 1800's. Poor wages and poor working conditions are commonplace throughout this recounting by Mother Jones in 1901.
University of Nebraska
U of Nebraska: Railroads and Making of Modern America: Railroad Work and Workers
Primary source materials related to employment by the railroads in the 1800s. Content includes letters, an employee database, blacklists that were shared between companies, payrolls, images, and more.
University of Nebraska
U. Of Nebraska: Railroads and Making of Modern America: Origins of Segregation
Primary source materials that focus on the segregation of African Americans that took place on the railroads in the 1800s. Content includes newspaper articles, anecdotal accounts, letters, legal cases, etc.
Calisphere: University of California Libraries
University of California: Calisphere: Californio Society, 1830s 1880s
Collection of photos and drawings depicting early California elite and maps of land use from which students can learn about the transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development in the 1800s.
Irelands Eye
Catholic Emancipation (Ireland)
The story of Daniel O'Connell's influence on the history of the Irish Parliament, as Catholics gained significant influence and power during the early 1800's.
Irelands Eye
The Fenian Movement
The brief history of the Fenian Movement in Ireland during the mid-1800's, as they tried to fight for Irish independence and home rule.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Peace Medals
Discover the history of awarding peace medals to Indian chiefs. Lewis and Clark carried at least eighty-nine peace medals in five different sizes to be given out on their expedition in the early 1800s.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Columbia River Discoveries
Resource tells the story of the exploration of the "Great River of the West" in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Historic Philadelphia
Take a look at historic Philadelphia in the 1800s. Read about places such as Academy of Natural Sciences, City Tavern, Elfreth's Alley, New Market, State House (Independence Hall), and St. Peter's Episcopal Church that were present at...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Missouri Headwaters
Presents details of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Three Forks in the early 1800s.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Arnprior Through the Eyes of a Tourist's Postcard
This exhibit of early postcards about Arnprior, Ontario give a glimpse into life there in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The postcards show what people there considered notable - the buildings, the places, the industries, the activities.
University of Michigan
Transposed Tales of a French Missionary Among Indians in the Oregon Country
The author of this article writes of how letters written by French missionaries describing their experiences in Oregon in the 1800s, were greatly revised for publication in France, so that the narratives took on far more positive tones....
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Pike Page: Maps of Pike's Overall Route and in Each State
Detailed maps of the routes of Zebulon Pike in his various expeditions in the 1800s. Click on each map for a PDF view. Hyperlinks to additional information on the site.
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Paul Yee
Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian children's writer who has written books about Chinese experiences of coming to Canada. Some of his stories are set in the 1800s. His website provides information about his life and his books, as well as...
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