Reenactments, readings, and interviews explore post-Civil War events from 1865 to 1917 including the Spanish-American War, Panama Canal, and expansionism.
Examines post-war struggles of Congress to readmit the south the southern states into the Union with the Reconstruction Amendments. Also looks at social and economic opposition to the citizenship of former slaves, including the Ku Klux Klan, sharecropping and black segregation.
Examines the social and political impact of industrialization during the late nineteenth century, describing strikes, child labor laws, the Populist Party, immigrant factory workers, and economic growth.
Explores the environmental issues created by the advent of the railroad and steam engine, the development of large corporations, and the growth of cities between 1870 and 1910.
High-spirited young Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer's plan to bring Civil War widows and orphans to Washington Territory---but life out west isn't at all what she expected.
Sitting Bull was one of the greatest Lakota/Sioux warriors and chiefs who ever lived. He was eventually named war chief, leader of the entire Sioux nation - a title never before bestowed on anyone. As a leader, Sitting Bull resisted the United States government's attempt to move the Lakota/Sioux to reservations for more than twenty-five years.
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
