Virtual Reference Database (e-books)
Gilded Age and Progressive EraISBN: 9781414401935Almanac focuses on key topics, such as the labor movement, immigration, industrialism, corruption, development of the middle class, muckraking, the assembly line, the Titanic and child labor.
Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. HistoryISBN: 9781414431185This link will take you directly to an overview article from this time-period.
Development of the Industrial U. S.ISBN: 9781414401744This link will take you to a specific article in this subject encyclopedia.
Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reference LibraryISBN: 1414401930
Images from this era
Women's Right Parade. - A New York City suffrage parade, 6 May 1912.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016. http://quest.eb.com/search/140_1633266/1/140_1633266/cite. Accessed 2 Dec 2016.
BULL MOOSE CAMPAIGN, 1912. - The Republican elephant and Democratic donkey react in alarm at the approach of the Progressive 'Bull Moose' party, wearing the spectacles of its presidential candidate, Theodore Roosevelt. American cartoon, 1912, by W.A. Carson.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
http://quest.eb.com/search/140_1683299/1/140_1683299/cite. Accessed 2 Dec 2016.
PROHIBITION, 1920s. - The destruction of $150,000 of whiskey in Girard, Alabama, during Prohibition, 1920s.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1692996/1/140_1692996/cite. Accessed 17 Dec 2016.
TAFT & ROOSEVELT CARTOON. - Theodore Roosevelt watches President Taft struggle with the demands of government. American cartoon, 1910.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1667144/1/140_1667144/cite. Accessed 17 Dec 2016.
The Progressive Era - An Overview
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