The Gilded Age Primary Sources
Historical documents. What clues can you gather about the time, place, players, and culture?
Garfield's Assassin Speaks
On trial for the assassination of President James Garfield, Charles Guiteau testified with a poem. Background and a full transcript has been made available by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Theodore Roosevelt's Speeches
Several speeches and essays by Theodore Roosevelt, including "The Strenuous Life," are available at this site.
"The Man with the Muckrake" Speech
We have an entire learning guide on this Teddy Roosevelt speech given in 1906, a time when tensions between the rich and poor were especially high.