Political Development Videos

• Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
  • The Presidential Campaign of 1896, Part 1
  • The Presidential Campaign of 1896, Part 2
  • William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic National Convention of 1896
  • Willima McKinley and the Republican Party
  • The Results of the Election of 1896
  • Major Political Issues of the Gilded Age: The Tariff
  • Major Political Issues of the Gilded Age: Railroad Transportation
  • The People's Party
• Maureen Flanagan, Michigan State University
  • Chicago's Response to the Great Fire, Part 1
  • Chicago's Response to the Great Fire, Part 2
  • Women and Public Affairs in Gilded Age Chicago, Part 1
  • Women and Public Affairs in Gilded Age Chicago, Part 2
  • Government and Reform in Chicago
  • Machine Politics and Social Welfare in Chicago
  • Women's Suffrage Movement
  • Bringing the World's Columbian Exposition to Chicago
  • Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition
  • The Founding of Hull House
  • Hull House and Political Reform
• James Gilbert, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Uses of Culture in Chicago
  • George Pullman and the Great Strike of 1894
  • John Dewey and Hull House
• Patricia Schechter, Portland State University
  • Ida B. Wells: Pushing Against Boundaries
  • Ida B. Wells: Triple Murder
  • Ida B. Wells: Response to Lynching
  • Ida B. Wells: A Public Figure
  • Ida B. Wells: 1895, New Leadership
  • Ida B. Wells: Conflict with White Woman's Organizations
  • Ida B. Wells: Ferdinand Barnett
  • Ida B. Wells: Chicago, Illinois
  • Ida B. Wells: Changing Roles
  • Ida B. Wells: Her Legacy, I
  • Ida B. Wells: Her Legacy, II
• Richard Schneirov, Indiana State University
  • American Railroads and Economic Development in the Gilded Age
  • Origins of the Pullman Strike, I
  • Origins of the Pullman Strike, II
  • Origins of the Pullman Strike, III
  • George Pullman's Response to the Strike
  • The Federal Injunction
  • Debs's Defiance and the Demise of the Pullman Strike
  • Significance of the Pullman Strike, I
  • Significance of the Pullman Strike, II
• The following videos are from John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered, a documentary produced by the Northern Illinois University Department of Communication:
  • Introduction
  • Early Life I
  • Early Life II
  • The Climate of Anarchism I
  • The Climate of Anarchism II
  • The Eagle Rises
  • The Pardon
  • The Pullman Strike
  • The 1896 Democratic Convention
  • Conclusion