National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Racial Uplift Ideology in the Era of "The Negro Problem"
History professor Kevin Gaines explores the idea that educated blacks are responsible for the welfare of the majority of the race and how the uplift ideology undermined collective social advancement.
Mount Holyoke College
Mt. Hoyoke College: Chinese Exclusion Act
Provides full length, section-by-section text of the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the 47th U.S. Congress in 1882.
PBS
Pbs: Jane Addams and Hull House
An interesting interview with Robyn Muncy, a Professor of History, about Addams and the philosophy of the women who started the Hull House.
University of Pennsylvania
Twenty Years at Hull House With Autobiographical Notes
The text and pictures of the book written by Jane Addams about her experiences at Hull House.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Liberty for All? Webisode 3
Webisode 3 - Liberty for All? The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.
Virginia Tech
Dhr: How Did Abolitionism Lead to the Struggle for Women's Rights?
Online learning experience consists of a self-contained module focussing on abolitionism and the struggle for women's rights. The module includes an introduction outlining the module objectives and historical questions, background...
Other
Naacp: How the Naacp Began
Information about the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Sojourner Truth
A former slave, Sojourner Truth was an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights in the 19th century.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Sarah Moore Grimke
Learn about Sarah Grimke who with her sister fought for abolition and women's rights.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Catharine Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher was a nineteenth century teacher and writer who promoted equal access to education for women.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Sojourner Truth
Learn more about Sojourner Truth, the outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist
Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, students will understand the remarkable career of this persevering woman who lived up to her self-chosen name.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Institutionalizing Religious Belief: The Benevolent Empire
Many social movements in the early 19th century had a religious foundation. Read about the Benevolent Empire, a loose coalition of Protestant denominations that addressed social issues of the time.
Other
Anabaptists: The Germans Come to North America
This site explains what brought various German religious groups to America.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Joseph Conrad
Explore the life and work of the famous author Joseph Conrad through this informative site.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Learned Marcy (1786 1857)
Brief biography of William Learned Marcy explains his rise to prominence and influence on 19th Century American diplomacy.
University of Michigan
Making of America: Woman and Her Wishes, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson addresss the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in favor of woman suffrage in this 1853 pamphlet.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Religious Revival: The "Social Gospel"
Social reform and teaching in the church which reflected social reform joined forces in latter part of the 19th century. Read about how an urban revivalist movement addressed such problems as poverty, child labor, and working conditions.
Other
Mu Special Collections: Dorothy Day
This site details the work of Dorothy Day as she began the Catholic Worker Movement. It gives an in-depth look at her religious influence and social ministry legacy.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Second Great Awakening
Features a comprehensive overview with detailed facts and information on the Second Great Awakening, a Christian revivalist movement that sparked social reform groups.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Progressive Era Politics
Read this overview of the Progressive Era to find out about the economic, political, and philosophical conditions of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that led to changes in working conditions, reforms in...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: New Freedom
Provides a summary and interesting facts about Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom that attacked the Triple Wall of Privilege and passed social reforms.
Other
Gospel Tract and Bible Society: Menno Simonsz
A short biography of Menno Simonsz, considered by many to be the founder of the Mennonite movement in Europe during the 16th century. Includes a picture of the religious leader.
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