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Watch Chapter 1 of The Gilded Age.

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Henry George’s message about the haves and the have nots helped ignite a movement.

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Women couldn’t run for elected office in Kansas, but Mary Elizabeth Lease was a force.

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Watch Chapter 1 of The Bombing of Wall Street.

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The Gilded Age entrepreneur offered a workplace that was guided by the golden rule.

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In 1919, A. Mitchell Palmer created the “Radical Division” within the Justice Department.

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The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the U.S.

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In April 1933, the Barrow gang holed up in Joplin, Missouri for a break from the road.

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In 1925, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.

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Watch Chapter 1 of The Chinese Exclusion Act.

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In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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On February 2, Carter addressed the nation in a fireside chat on energy.