The American Pageant

Chapter 25

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

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Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells was a well-known crusader against lynching. (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)

Ida B. Wells

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Scribner's magazine coverAthletics, the bicycle vogue, and colleges for women such as Wellesley, all portrayed in this May, 1898 magazine cover, helped give middle-class young women a sense of new possibilities at the dawn of the twentieth century. (Courtesy, Wellesley College Archives)

Scribner's magazine cover

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W.E.B. Du BoisA brilliant young intellectual, W.E.B. Du Bois had to choose between leading the life of a quiet college professor or challenging Booker T. Washington's claim to speak on behalf of all African Americans. (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Map: Major Indian-White Clashes in the West

Major Indian-White Clashes in the WestAlthough they were never recognized as such in the popular press, the battles between Native Americans and the U.S. Army on the Great Plains amounted to a major undeclared war.

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Map: Urbanization, 1880 and 1920

Urbanization, 1880 and 1920In 1880 the vast majority of states still were heavily rural. By 1920 only a few had less than 20 percent of their population living in cities.

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