History 142 - United States From 1877

 

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Maps, Pictures, and Extra Resources

Some maps and pictures have been posted on this web site. These are examples of the materials available on this period of United States history . . .

Pacific Railway Act (1862) 
Map of territorial growth, 1870 
Map of territorial growth, 1870.      Legend for maps of territorial growth.

Map of territorial growth, 1880   Map of territorial growth, 1880.
 

Pictures of Homesteaders 1862-1920)

Photographs of Young Textile Workers (1880s) 

Map of territorial growth, 1900  Map of territorial growth, 1900.

Pictures of young tobacco workers at the American Tobacco Company

Map of Presidential Election of 1900  Map of the Presidential Election of 1900.

Map of the Presidential Election of 1904  Map of the Presidential Election of 1904.

Trusts: Standard Oil as an Octopus taking over the world

Jim Crow Inside the South Map (click on the state for detailed information)

 

Jim Crow Outside the South Map (click on the state for detailed information)

 

Picture of Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington

 

 Lynching Cartoons  wpeE.jpg (231591 bytes)

 

Musarium of Lynching Images and Film:  "Searching through America's past for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual legacy: photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America."