Between 1890 and 1945, debates about conservation and preservation demonstrated broader tensions in American society about the government's role in economic and social life.

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Here are all the key themes, events, and vocabulary of Unit 7: The era of crisis and reform (1890–1945), along with essay prompts, timelines, and interactive tools to help you build …

These patriotic concerns have dominated my life. They are what caused the creation of the African effort. -From a letter to the Prime Minister of Belgium from King Leopold II, 1890. The …

By 1890, the Farmers’ Alliance had more than three million members. Strictly segregated, the Alliance did not accept African American farmers into its ranks. They created a separate …

This drypoint etching, The Coiffure, of a woman adjusting her hair is one of the hundreds that Mary Cassatt made in her in-home studio in the summer and fall of 1890 and in the winter of …

All the key themes, events, and vocabulary of Unit 7: The rise to world power (1890–1945), along with essay prompts, timelines, and interactive tools to help you build historical understanding …

In the late nineteenth century, a new American political party sprung up to defend the interests of farmers.

The Port of Odessa, Russia, 1890. From the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division. Public domain. British capitalists funded railroads in southern Russia …

By 1890, one percent of the population controlled 25 percent of the wealth in the United States. 1 As the gap between the rich and poor grew, contemporaries debated what America’s new …