The Founders' Library

Gilded Age Through New Deal

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The Historic Documents in this set cover the Gilded Age and the New Deal Era from 1877 through 1945.  During this period, Americans engaged in vigorous debates over Jim Crow segregation, women’s rights, immigration, prohibition, the income tax, the direct election of Senators, the role of the judiciary, corporate power, and the government’s role in regulating the economy.  These sources encompass the rich debates at the heart of the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Selected by

William E. Forbath

Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, and Associate Dean for Research, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Ken I. Kersch

Professor of Political Science, at Boston College

Gilded Age Through New Deal Documents

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