America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Witness the transformation of the United States from a war-torn nation to a global leader in this fascinating overview of six profoundly innovative decades.

• By This Professor
• 01: 1865: "Bind up the Nation's Wounds"
• 02: The Reconstruction Revolution
• 03: Buffalo Bill Cody and the Myth of the West
• 04: Smokestack Nation: The Industrial Titans
• 05: Andrew Carnegie: The Self-Made Ideal
• 06: Big Business: Democracy for Sale?
• 07: The New Immigrants: A New America
• 08: Big Cities: The Underbelly Revealed
• 09: Popular Culture: Jazz, Modern Art, Movies
• 10: New Technology: Cars, Electricity, Records
• 11: The 1892 Homestead Strike
• 12: Morals and Manners: Middle-Class Society
• 13: Mrs. Vanderbilt's Gala Ball
• 14: Populist Revolt: The Grangers and Coxey
• 15: Rough Riders and the Imperial Dream
• 16: No More Corsets: The New Woman
• 17: Trust-Busting in the Progressive Era
• 18: The 1911 Triangle Fire and Reform
• 19: Theodore Roosevelt, Conservationist
• 20: Urban Reform: How The Other Half Lives
• 21: The 17th Amendment: Democracy Restored
• 22: Early Civil Rights: Washington or Du Bois?
• 23: Over There: A World Safe for Democracy
• 24: Upheaval and the End of an Era