U.S. History: Primary Sources: 20th Century

Through letters and photographs, profiles teenagers who hopped the freight trains during the Great Depression in order to find adventure, seek employment, or escape poverty.

Explores the events of "Black Tuesday" and the causes and effects of the stock market crash.

This jackdaw kit traces the prohibition movement from its roots in the early 1800s through repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933.

Explores the causes, hardships and impact of the Depression.

This book presents excerpts from key leaders of the time, such as LaFollette, Roosevelt, Wilson, DuBois, and from the "common man," through speeches, letters, news releases, government documents, cartoons, and photographs.

This anthology tells the story of the 1920s through letters, journals, poetry, eyewitness news accounts, government documents, and photos.

Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photos provide a vivid flavor of the human suffering brought on by the economy's massive breakdown.

Through selections of primary source documents, this book introduces the New Deal, a major landmark in American history.