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Slide Duration:Table of Contents
Section 1: Period 1: 1491 - 1607
The First Americans
53m 30s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- “American” History?3:12
- Controversies with the Term, “America”3:24
- The Origin of the Term, “America”4:10
- The Peopling of the Americas4:40
- The Land Bridge Theory6:33
- How the First Americans come to the Continent6:44
- Evidence of the First Americans7:50
- The Three Major Waves of the First Americans8:27
- The First Wave8:40
- The Second Wave8:50
- The Third Wave8:57
- The Controversial of Kennewick Man9:12
- The Native Americans9:47
- The Three Sisters9:50
- The Effects of Agricultural Surplus10:26
- The Three Sisters11:09
- Mayas and Aztecs of Mesoamerica11:57
- Olmec Civilization11:45
- Subsequent12:36
- Mayan Society12:52
- Jaguar Temple in Tikal (Mayan Temple)13:17
- Mayan Calendar15:11
- Mayans15:43
- Priests Ruled Society15:53
- The Decline of the Mayan Civilization16:03
- Aztecs16:40
- Tenochtitlan16:51
- Aztec Priests and Warrior Nobles17:12
- Incas17:39
- Introduction of the Incas18:06
- Summary of Mayans, Aztecs and Incas18:29
- Map of Native American Cultural Areas18:55
- The Indians of the North of Rio Grande20:15
- Clan-Based and Egalitarian Society20:36
- Why the Indians did not Develop into an Advanced Group?21:22
- Self-Governing Tribes22:28
- Southwest Settlements22:51
- Hohokam, Anasazi, Pueblos23:00
- The Decline of the Southwest Settlements23:47
- Architectural Site of a Southwest Settlement24:01
- Underground Kivas of the Anasazi24:05
- Zunis, Acomas and Hopis24:36
- Artifacts From the Southwest24:49
- Lives of the Pueblo People25:10
- Ancient Apartment buildings of Anasazi and Petroglyph25:42
- Midwest Settlements26:39
- Adena-Hopewells26:42
- Cahokia27:25
- The Decline of the Mississippian Civilization28:07
- Muskogean and Algonquian Speaking Societies28:18
- Hopewell Mound28:51
- The Great Serpent Mound29:07
- The Culture of Mississippians29:15
- Animists29:53
- Northeast Settlements30:33
- Hunting and Farming-Based Society30:48
- Iroquois Confederation30:57
- Iroquois Women at Work, 172432:42
- Matrilineal Society33:27
- Iroquois Creation Myth33:38
- Dominant Economic Activity35:35
- The “New World”36:27
- Example 137:26
- Example 243:15
- Example 344:44
- Example 450:59
Interactions of Europeans, Native Americans and Africans
55m
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:50
- Europeans Encounters Africans and the Americans 1450-15502:51
- European Agricultural Society - Yeomen3:42
- Hierarchical Social Order4:39
- Hierarchy4:59
- Inheritance and Religious Influences5:32
- Dower and Primogeniture5:33
- Religious Influences6:00
- Importance of Religious History6:43
- Pagans and Animists6:53
- Crusades7:20
- Christian Identity of Europeans7:56
- Absorption of Arab Knowledge8:08
- The Renaissance and The Age of Exploration8:57
- The Black Death9:16
- The Renaissance9:34
- Improvements in Technology11:15
- Prince Henry the Navigator11:51
- Gunpowder13:00
- West Africa and the Mediterranean in the 15th Century13:50
- Sea of Darkness14:28
- Madeira and Azore Islands14:47
- The Development of the Slave Trade System15:00
- Trade Routes in the Sub-Saharan Region15:21
- Trade Routes in the Globe16:45
- West African Society and Slavery17:31
- Geographical Location18:21
- Trading of Goods18:50
- Languages19:22
- Spiritual Beliefs20:01
- Effects of European Traders20:16
- Europeans and Africans Trade20:56
- Vasco da Gama21:28
- Slave Trade22:00
- War Captives and Criminals23:15
- Portuguese Traders and Slavery24:19
- Elmina, Foree, Mpinda and Loango24:30
- Sugar Plantations25:13
- Shipping to the America25:56
- Europeans Explore America26:19
- Spanish Monarchs, King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabel of Castile26:26
- Arranged Marriage26:52
- The Capture of Granada27:33
- Ferdinand and Isabella27:42
- Christopher Columbus27:58
- Two Goals28:26
- Christopher Columbus28:47
- Native Inhabitants29:12
- The Three Expeditions29:31
- Colonization of the West Indies30:22
- Amerigo Vespucci30:40
- The Spanish Conquest31:02
- Reconquista31:18
- Hernan Cortes31:37
- Moctezuma31:50
- Superior European Military Technology32:11
- Conquistadors and Disease32:44
- Francisco Pizarro33:30
- Conquistadors and Encomiendas33:43
- Columbian Exchange Map34:52
- Columbian Exchange36:20
- The Definition of Columbian Exchange36:21
- The Gold and Silver from Aztecs36:46
- Spanish Colonization of Americas37:15
- Spaniards Migration37:22
- Mestizo Population37:51
- Effects of Spanish Conquest38:27
- Introduction of Pigs38:36
- Steel Weapons38:48
- Smallpox38:57
- European Treatment of Native Americans39:20
- “Inferiority”39:35
- Spanish Policy40:25
- Latin American Social Hierarchy41:21
- Las Casas and Missionaries42:20
- Bartolome de Las Casas43:06
- In Defense of the Indians43:10
- Enslavement of Africans43:58
- Example 144:32
- Example 247:45
- Example 349:56
- Example 452:21
The Protestant Reformation, Early Dutch and British Colonization and The Price Revolution
45m 42s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- The Protestant Reformation (Early 16th Century) and the Rise of England2:00
- Protestant Reformation3:33
- Spain's Loss of its Position4:16
- The Protestant Movements and Religious Conflicts4:23
- Religious Wars4:32
- Protestant Nations4:49
- Catholic Church5:02
- Martin Luther5:16
- Martin Luther5:47
- Grace6:07
- Dismissed the Need for Priests6:24
- Bible as the Ultimate Authority6:48
- Peasants' Social Protests7:11
- The Peace of Augsburg7:30
- John Calvin and Calvinism7:58
- Calvinism8:50
- Institutes of the Christian Religion and Predestination9:13
- The Chances of Salvation9:33
- The New Creed9:49
- The Anglican Church10:09
- The Presbyterian Church11:15
- Puritans11:33
- Religious Diversity in Europe, 160011:53
- Radical Religious Groups13:09
- Migration to America13:57
- The Dutch and English Challenge Spain14:32
- John Cabot15:12
- King Philip II of Spain15:46
- Dutch (Holland)16:05
- Queen Eliz. I16:28
- Holland on the Rise17:17
- The Spanish Armada17:48
- Philip II18:12
- The Rise of the Dutch18:48
- Henry Hudson18:58
- Amsterdam19:55
- West India Company20:28
- Furtrading Colony of New Netherland20:42
- Dutch Colonies and Hudson River Valley21:22
- Mercantilism22:01
- Parliamentary Policies23:36
- Enrichment of Britain23:48
- Mercantilist Policies24:48
- Rise of Economy24:50
- Queen Eliz25:48
- The Domestic English Textile Industry26:11
- Merchant-Oriented Policies26:48
- Triangular Trade27:00
- Complex View of the Atlantic Trade System28:05
- The Social Causes of English Colonization28:57
- Merchant Fleets and Manufactures29:26
- Price Revolution29:39
- Creating Representative Government30:08
- Price Revolution Graph30:36
- Price Revolution31:10
- Expansion of the Textile Industry31:21
- Indentured Servants31:58
- A New Collision33:00
- Example I33:21
- Example II36:43
A Comparison of Colonization and Settlement Patterns
57m 28s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- Spanish Settlements in North America1:46
- Spanish Adventurers1:50
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado3:02
- Hernan de Soto4:45
- St Augustine5:24
- Spanish Exploration in North America5:38
- St. Augustine8:00
- Indian Attacks and Spanish Response8:49
- Comprehensive Orders of New Discoveries9:10
- Pacification of Indians9:48
- Franciscan Friars10:38
- Images Related to Spanish Colonization12:13
- San Antonio Mission12:29
- Pope13:29
- Native American Response to Spanish Policies14:28
- Attitude towards Franciscans14:39
- Sante Fe16:03
- Pueblo Revolt16:23
- Pueblos Joining the Spaniards18:15
- What did Spain Achieve?19:05
- Settled San Diego and San Francisco19:50
- Development of the Rigid Class System20:17
- New Spain22:21
- Spanish Class System22:51
- The French Explore and Settle in North America24:20
- Giovanni da Verrazano24:30
- Voyages of Jacques25:33
- Quebec26:20
- Louisiana27:42
- Fur trade and Relations with Native Americans28:09
- The Hurons28:20
- Devastating Indian Wars30:22
- The New York Iroquois31:30
- The Confederation of Five Nations31:43
- Iroquois Five Nations32:07
- The French Also Sought Converts32:30
- The Needs of the Indians33:20
- Threat to Native Population33:48
- The Dutch Explore and Settle in North America34:29
- Joint-Stock Company36:14
- The Town of New Amsterdam38:01
- Encouragement of Migration38:25
- New Amsterdam, Dutch Style, Fort-Like Trading post39:08
- New Amsterdam39:42
- Fort Orange39:46
- Taverns Outnumbered Churches40:10
- Seizing Farming Land41:11
- Welcoming Settlers from Other Nations42:31
- The Brits Take Over and Rename the Settlement New York43:07
- Ignoring the Requests for Representative Government43:18
- Second Anglo-Dutch War44:08
- The Duke of York44:17
- Hudsob River and Dutch Colonies in Green45:35
- New York Divided and New Jersey is Formed46:12
- Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret46:50
- East and West Jersey47:03
- Quakers48:22
- Queen Anne48:38
- Example 149:10
- Example 254:24
England's Tobacco Colonies, Jamestown, Bacon's Rebellion
55m 26s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Areas Colonized by 16600:45
- Early British Ventures in North America and Roanoke Island1:48
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert2:20
- Sir Ferdinando Gorge2:57
- Sir Walter Raleigh3:20
- Croatoan3:57
- The Chesapeake Colonies4:51
- Populous Colonies4:59
- Indentured Servants5:27
- Virginia6:49
- Jamestown7:14
- Virginia Company7:16
- Corporate Colony8:44
- Harsh Life8:57
- Finding Gold9:51
- The Man, the Myth, the Legend10:17
- Powhatan and Captain John Smith11:51
- Powhatan12:06
- Opechancanough13:12
- Captain Smith14:22
- Powhatan and Pocahontas15:37
- Marriage16:03
- Introduction of Tobacco16:59
- Jamestown Government17:58
- The “Starving Time” and Tobacco18:35
- Disease and Famine19:27
- Cannibalism19:32
- Brown Gold20:05
- The VA Company Encourages Settlement20:40
- Headright System20:50
- House of Burgesses21:57
- Backlash of Powhatan22:51
- War led by Opechancanough23:40
- Indian Fields seized by the English24:15
- Virginia Becomes a Royal Colony24:40
- A Royal Colony25:05
- The Church of England26:23
- Maryland Is Established26:37
- George Calvert27:02
- A Safe Haven for Catholics28:09
- Cecil Calvert Takes Over28:54
- Cecil Calvert28:58
- An Act of Toleration29:51
- Protestant Revolt31:33
- Hard Times and Labor Shortages31:52
- Raising Prices of Exports32:55
- Sir William Berkeley34:11
- Nathaniel Bacon34:43
- Bacon's Rebellion35:17
- Building Frontier Forts36:02
- Berkeley Arrested Bacon36:47
- Political Reforms and Restoring the Rights of Voting37:15
- Nathaniel Bacon and the Site That His Followers Occupied37:36
- Aftermath and Effects of Bacon's Rebellion37:49
- Manifesto and Declaration of the People37:58
- Sharp Class Difference38:15
- Early Indication of Colonial Resistance39:38
- The First African Workers Arrive and Slavery Supplants Indentured Servitude40:12
- The First African Workers40:18
- English Common Law41:24
- Lowering the Status of Africans42:23
- Analyzing Primary Sources43:46
- Example 144:26
- Example 248:05
- Example 351:10
- Example 451:59
Section 2: Period 2: 1607 - 1754
Puritan New England, The Pequots And Metacom's Rebellion
1h 3m 53s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Puritan Migration1:20
- Pilgrim Separatists Sail to North America2:29
- Elizabeth I2:47
- Separatists4:10
- Mayflower4:20
- The Mayflower and Pilgrims5:25
- 64-Day Voyage5:43
- Pilgrims6:00
- The Mayflower Compact6:35
- Self-Government7:12
- Just and Equal Laws8:06
- Grim Conditions for the Pilgrims at Plymouth9:55
- William Bradford10:28
- The Local Wampanoag Tribe11:12
- Thanksgiving Holiday12:59
- Puritans Arrive in MA Bay Colony in 163014:00
- Arabella14:13
- John Winthrop14:18
- More Puritans Follow the Pilgrims16:15
- The Anglican Church16:28
- Massachusetts Bay Colony17:19
- Joint-Stock Corporation17:53
- Puritan Governance and Society19:19
- John Winthrop19:24
- Holy Commonwealth20:30
- Creation of the Theocracy21:19
- The Role of Church and the Bible22:16
- Pious, Patriarchal Puritans23:57
- Patriarchal Society24:57
- Predestination26:04
- Three Ways to Deal With Uncertainties26:40
- Puritan Dissenters27:21
- Roger Williams28:05
- Anne Hutchinson29:34
- Antinomianism30:42
- More Dissent and New Colonies31:24
- Thomas Hooker31:40
- The Fundamental Orders31:51
- Puritanism and Witchcraft33:21
- Witchcraft37:45
- European Enlightenment39:16
- Puritans Value Education39:53
- Puritan Law40:19
- Harvard College40:32
- Tight-Knit Yeoman Society41:14
- Town Meeting42:42
- Proprietors43:51
- A Socioeconomic Hierarchy44:22
- Puritan Town and Village Map44:45
- Halfway Covenant46:03
- Clergy46:30
- New England Congregationalists46:46
- Partial Church Members47:25
- Map of Algonquian Peoples In MA48:17
- Puritans and Pequots49:36
- Pequot Warriors50:00
- Savages50:32
- Praying Towns51:12
- The Wampanoag and Metacom's Rebellion51:40
- Peaceful Relations with Wampanoag51:50
- Metacom52:47
- The White Settlements53:20
- Losses of the Rebellion54:15
- Metacom55:24
- Example 156:06
- Example 259:10
- Example 31:01:13
The British Empire in North America, Part I
1h 3m 58s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- Restoration Colonies1:43
- Charles II2:17
- South and North Carolina2:49
- Feudal Manors3:13
- Map4:49
- Georgia Founded Later in 17325:55
- A Buffer6:10
- James Oglethorpe6:20
- Charles II Grants Proprietorships7:58
- A Gentry Class8:41
- Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina9:25
- The Carolinas10:15
- Rebellion of the English Quakers10:40
- South Carolinians11:58
- Pennsylvania13:15
- William Penn14:48
- Inner Light15:08
- Church Services16:14
- William Penn17:00
- The Society of Friends17:35
- Holy Experiment18:04
- City of Brotherly Love18:17
- Pennsylvania's Frame of Government18:36
- Guaranteed Religious Freedom19:32
- Persecuted Protestants20:50
- Political Factionalism21:53
- The British Increase Pressure on the Colonies22:52
- Navigation Act in 165124:19
- Navigation Act in 166025:56
- Navigation Act in 166326:30
- English Domination of Commerce27:02
- The Revenue Act of 167327:22
- Commercial Wars27:58
- A Punitive Legal Strategy28:57
- Divine Right30:10
- The Dominion of New England30:46
- The Dominion31:11
- Sir Edmund Andros31:42
- English Law and Customs32:53
- Excerpts From the Commission of Sir Edmund Andros33:20
- Imposing Levy Rates and Taxes33:44
- Executing Martial Law34:22
- Britain's American Empire in 171334:45
- Dominion of New England and Sir Edmund Andros37:27
- The Glorious Revolution and Its Effects38:30
- Glorious Revolution38:56
- Mary and Williams of Orange39:12
- Constitutional Monarchs39:28
- The English Bill of Rights in 1689 and the Enlightenment41:43
- The English Bill of Rights41:50
- British Parliament42:05
- Two Treatises of Government42:59
- The Leviathan Absolutist State44:28
- The Demise of the Dominion of New England46:03
- Broke Up of the Dominion of New England46:42
- A New Royal Colony47:06
- The Restoration of Internal Self-Government47:59
- Board of Trade48:16
- Example 148:54
- Example 251:29
- Example 354:36
The British Empire in North America, Part II
1h 58s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Imperial Wars and Native People3:13
- Carolinas Armed with the Creek3:50
- Fighting in the North5:03
- The Abenakis and Mohawks5:08
- Aggressive Neutrality6:09
- Treaty of Utrecht6:37
- Western Indian Trade7:03
- Britain's Supremacy7:24
- The Imperial Slave Economy7:40
- The South Atlantic System7:53
- The Sugar Plantations9:27
- Sugar Revolution10:09
- Most Profitable Crop10:21
- Negative Effects11:06
- Africa, Africans and the Slave Trade12:03
- Changing the West African Society12:36
- Benin13:02
- The Imbalance of the Sexes13:33
- Slave Trade14:00
- Middle Passage15:09
- Slavery in the Chesapeake and SC17:58
- A Slave Society18:10
- An African American Community20:28
- The Gullah Dialect21:06
- A Black Majority Emerges in South Carolina21:50
- Images of Slavery22:40
- Resistance and Accommodation26:34
- Drastic Limits on African Americans26:45
- Slave Protests27:35
- Stono Rebellion of 173929:24
- Stono Rebellion29:58
- The Emergence of the Southern Gentry30:49
- Patriarchal Society31:03
- The Planter Elite31:08
- Owning a Slave32:33
- Gentility33:41
- Gentility33:46
- The Profits of the South Atlantic System34:42
- The Northern Urban Shipbuilding Economy35:01
- Bills of Exchange35:48
- Shipbuilding and the Distilling of Rum36:33
- Commerce in Lumber and Shipbuilding36:55
- Wealthy Landowners and Merchants37:13
- The Rise of Colonial Assemblies37:55
- Ruling With Gentle Hand37:13
- American Representative Assemblies39:02
- The Rising Power of the Colonial Assemblies39:20
- The Power of the People Began to Grow40:18
- Crowd Actions40:22
- Representative Political Institutions40:33
- Salutary Neglect41:07
- Constitutional Monarchism42:07
- The Prime Minister42:50
- Radical Whigs43:07
- Faction43:12
- Incompetent Royal Bureaucracy43:41
- Walpole44:24
- Navigations Act44:34
- A Degree of Independence44:44
- Walpole's Concerns45:04
- War Against Spain45:29
- War of Jenkin's Ear46:30
- War of Austrian Succession46:52
- The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle48:36
- The America Economic Challenge49:04
- Navigations Act49:07
- The Molasses Act of 173349:52
- The Currency Act50:20
- Example 151:48
- Example 255:42
- Example 359:52
Freehold New England and Diverse Middle Colonies
32m 29s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- Freehold Society in New England1:03
- Freeholders2:25
- Women and the Rural Household2:42
- Patriarchal Society3:06
- Farm Property and Inheritance4:58
- Laborer to Freeholder5:39
- Women Relinquished Ownership6:43
- Whole Communities7:25
- Challenges for Freehold Society7:30
- Double of the NE Population7:44
- Families' Petition8:56
- Livestock Economy10:15
- Preserving the Freehold Ideal10:28
- The Hudson River Manors10:49
- The Middle Atlantic Colonial Society12:23
- Grain Exports13:07
- The Hudson River Valley13:56
- Rural Pennsylvania and New Jersey14:45
- Economic Changes in Mid Atlantic15:03
- Social Division15:17
- “Outwork” Manufacturing System15:42
- Cultural and Religious Diversity16:13
- Cultural Diversity: Quakers and Germans18:47
- Preserving Cultural Identities of Migrants19:02
- German Cultural Heritage20:25
- Scots-Irish20:39
- Movement of Scots-Irish20:50
- Presbyterian Faith21:28
- Religious Identity and Political Conflict21:52
- Demanding a More Aggressive Indian Policy22:15
- Opposition to the Quakers22:51
- Economic and Demographic Changes in Mid Atlantic24:18
- Example 125:51
- Example 228:00
- Example 329:38
The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening in America
44m 4s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- The Enlightenment3:04
- The Age of Reason3:33
- Empirical Research and Scientific Reasoning5:25
- Influential Enlightenment Ideas6:45
- Four Fundamental Principles7:29
- John Locke8:03
- Two Treaties of Government9:28
- Revolutionary Ideas11:46
- Two Non-clergy-led Universities13:39
- Deism14:32
- Accordance with the Law of Nature14:50
- Ben Franklin15:50
- Ben Franklin16:02
- Key Contributor of American Revolution16:45
- Founder of the Junto Club17:12
- American Philosophical Society17:22
- Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanak18:16
- Almanacs18:25
- Richard Saunders18:35
- Wise Maxims18:49
- American Pietism19:53
- Pietism20:12
- Evangelical Christian Movement20:27
- Jonathan Edwards22:04
- The Great Awakening22:18
- Christian Zeal22:24
- George Whitefield23:10
- New Light23:48
- George Whitefield24:06
- The Great Awakening24:46
- Growth of Churches24:52
- Emotionalism, Revivalism, Evangelicalism24:58
- Itinerant Ministers25:32
- New Colleges25:42
- Jonathan Edwards26:14
- Revivalist and Intellectual27:01
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God27:20
- Eternal Damnation27:42
- Religious Upheaval in the North28:34
- Old Light28:38
- Unconverted Sinners30:22
- Separatist Churches30:35
- Presbyterianism31:26
- Protestant Church Government31:31
- Geneva, Switzerland31:50
- Hostility of Irish Catholics32:13
- Reverend William Tennent32:39
- Scots-lrish Immigrant32:49
- Log College33:16
- Picture34:02
- Effects of the Great Awakening34:08
- Americans34:45
- Emotionalism35:30
- The Congregational and Presbyterian36:45
- Baptists and Methodists37:10
- Growth in the Number of Churches37:35
- Example 138:07
- Example 241:09
The Great Awakening Spreads to the South and the French and Indian War
39m 53s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- Social and Religious Conflict in the South1:48
- Challenging the Church of England and the Planter Elite2:01
- Freeholders2:51
- Religious Pluralism3:16
- Baptist Revivals4:02
- Baptist Revivals4:41
- Free Born Male Members5:37
- A New Religious identity6:14
- The First Three Wars6:40
- King William’s War7:22
- Queen Anne's War8:46
- King George's War8:47
- The Seven Years' War9:42
- French and Indian War9:50
- Iroquois Strategy11:10
- Beginning of French and Indian War12:05
- Ohio Valley12:40
- Fort Necessity13:17
- Join, Or Die13:49
- Pennsylvania Gazette16:30
- Ben Franklin's Albany Plan16:50
- The Board of Trade17:39
- One General Government17:54
- Significance of the Albany Plan18:53
- Demands for American Independence18:56
- Stamp Act Congress19:37
- Map of Conflicting Imperial Claims21:04
- The French and Indian War21:35
- Nova Scotia21:39
- Seven Years' War22:17
- William Henry22:31
- French and Indian War Map22:56
- End of War23:36
- Treaty of Easton23:38
- Quebec24:02
- The Treaty of Paris24:30
- Boundaries After Treaty of Paris25:40
- Pontiac's Rebellion26:33
- Ottawa Chief Pontiac26:37
- Indian Alliance27:49
- British Era28:11
- Other Effects of the War28:49
- American Military Ineptitude29:27
- Huge Debt30:10
- Defied the New Treaty31:15
- Paxton Boys32:10
- Example 132:53
- Example 235:44
- Example 337:55
Section 3: Period 3: 1754-1800
British Reorganization After the French and Indian War and Colonial Protest
42m 59s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- British Shift in Policy Toward Colonists1:00
- Higher Import Duties1:46
- Discriminatory British Policies3:44
- British Expenditures and Revenue4:04
- British Law and Imperial Reform4:57
- The Supremacy of Parliamentary Laws5:02
- Second-Class Subjects5:22
- Currency Act6:02
- The Sugar Act6:46
- Navigation Act Loophole7:01
- Vice-Admiralty Court7:45
- The Stamp Act and Quartering Act Passed8:28
- Stamp Act8:39
- First Direct Tax9:06
- Quartering Act10:06
- Declaratory Act10:33
- Colonists Begin to Rebel11:21
- Virtual Representation11:38
- Patriots12:23
- Enlightenment Ideas12:51
- The Colonial Response15:06
- James Otis of MA15:24
- Stamp Act Congress15:32
- The Sons of Liberty16:18
- The Bostonians Paying the Exciseman or Tarring and Feathering17:08
- Extreme Measures17:46
- A British View19:02
- The Repeal or the Funeral Procession of Miss Ame-Stamp19:49
- Stamp Act Repealed22:01
- Declaratory Act22:15
- The Townshend Acts22:52
- Refuse to Drink Tea23:03
- More Acts, More Restrictions23:30
- The Revenue Act23:38
- Quartering Act24:24
- More Forms of Resistance24:56
- Daughters of Liberty, Boycotts and Homespuns25:06
- Boycotts of British Goods26:50
- Trade as a Political Weapon27:26
- Some Notable Patriots27:57
- Patrick Henry28:04
- John Adams28:49
- The Boston Massacre30:11
- The Boston Massacre30:19
- Paul Revere31:28
- Committees of Correspondence32:11
- The Rights and Grievances of the Colonists32:36
- More Organized Attempt32:47
- The Boston Tea Party: Reaction to Tea Act33:07
- Mohawk Indians33:23
- Crates of Tea33:47
- Sons of Liberty34:04
- British Reaction to Boston Tea Party34:43
- Closing Down the Port35:07
- Coercive Acts35:35
- Example 136:06
- Example 238:47
The Road to Revolution
42m 3s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- Coercive or “Intolerable” Acts1:54
- Self-Rule Acts2:52
- The Quebec Act3:40
- King George and Parliament4:07
- Colonial Response4:18
- Committees of Correspondence4:20
- The House of Burgesses5:25
- Thomas Jefferson6:08
- First Continental Congress7:02
- Rejection of Colonial Union7:25
- Stop all Trades with England7:37
- A Statement of Grievances8:02
- The Suffolk Resolves9:20
- James Galloway9:59
- The Declaration of the Rights and Grievances11:16
- Greater American Autonomy11:31
- Violations of the Rights of the Colonists12:18
- Rebellion Spreads to the Countryside12:47
- Changing Attitudes to Imperial Issues13:35
- Yeoman Tradition of Land Ownership13:59
- British Response14:13
- Illegal Assembly14:29
- Payment of Defense and Administration14:55
- Conciliatory Propositions15:54
- Lexington and Concord16:26
- Minutemen of Concord16:37
- Huge Losses17:28
- John Lodge's “View of the Attack on Bunker Hill, with the burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775”17:57
- Loyal Americans Feared “Mob Rule”18:24
- Sons of Liberty18:50
- Pacifist Beliefs19:04
- The Second Continental Congress Organizes20:05
- Continental Army20:38
- John Dickinson of PA21:10
- Olive Branch Petition21:33
- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms23:09
- Patriots Mobilize and Loyalists Join British24:05
- Zealous Patriots24:11
- Patriot Planters26:45
- Thomas Paine's “Common Sense”26:52
- Called for Independence27:16
- Common Sense28:09
- Against British Rule28:39
- Example 129:17
- Example 231:48
- Example 334:11
Independence Declared and the Revolutionary War
30m 41s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- Independence Declared1:01
- Declaration of Independence1:14
- Thomas Jefferson1:27
- Principle of Individual Liberty6:01
- The Legitimacy of Republican State Government7:05
- War in the North7:20
- Patriots7:27
- The Loyalist Strongholds8:02
- Native Americans' Preference8:17
- The British Military and Strategy8:46
- Powerful Navy8:52
- Joseph Brant9:15
- The American Army and Strategy10:15
- Economically and Militarily Weak10:25
- New Continental Army10:28
- Guerilla Tactics11:34
- British Tactics12:12
- General Howe12:19
- Battle of Long Island13:20
- Trenton13:34
- 1776-1777 Map14:04
- African-American Role in the War14:30
- Loyalists and Americans14:42
- Enslaved During the War15:10
- Women's Role in the War15:32
- Boycott of English Good15:58
- Abigail Adam's Letters17:51
- The Ladies Association19:49
- Washington’s Sewing Circle20:00
- Edenton Ladies Tea Party20:11
- Philadelphia on the Eve of the Revolution21:15
- General William Howe21:39
- Starvation at Valley Forge21:58
- Thomas Jeffery's, After George Heap. “ An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia”22:11
- Turning Point: Battle of Saratoga23:26
- Saratoga23:45
- Captured British Troops and Equipment24:18
- End of War24:36
- Dutch Declared War Against Britain24:44
- Marquis de Lafayette25:05
- Yorktown25:39
- Treaty of Paris26:28
- Treaty of Paris in 178326:49
- Example 127:33
- Example 229:09
Creating Republican Institutions
44m 52s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Creating Republican Institutions1:39
- Sacred Fire of Liberty2:04
- The Destiny of the Republican Model2:11
- Experiment Entrusted to the hands of the American People2:26
- The State Constitutions, 1776-17872:41
- Republicanism3:22
- New Constitutions4:27
- Voting Rights5:48
- John Adam's Influence6:21
- Thoughts on Government6:56
- PA Unicameral Legislature7:08
- Bicameral Legislature8:07
- Bicameral Legislature8:43
- Restricting Popular Power8:49
- Middling Circumstances9:56
- Women Seek a Public Voice10:35
- Second-Class Citizens11:12
- Abigail Adams12:12
- Vindication of the Rights of Woman12:55
- On the Equality of the Sexes13:42
- The Loyalist Exodus14:21
- Structure of Rural Communities14:36
- A Traditional-Oriented Economic Elite15:00
- Entrepreneurial-Minded Republican Merchants15:13
- In Search of a National Government15:48
- Weak Central Government16:26
- Continental Congress16:39
- First Constitution17:34
- Congressional Powers in the Articles18:34
- Conduct Wars and Foreign Relations18:53
- Adjudicate Disputes19:38
- Land Ordinances20:04
- The Confederation and the “Northwest”20:17
- Westward Expansion20:50
- Creation of Several Ordinances21:49
- Secessionist Movements22:10
- The Northwest Territory22:46
- Refused Morris's Proposal23:18
- Trans-Appalachian West23:29
- Native American Tribes23:44
- Map of Northwest and Southwest Territories24:20
- Ordinance of 178424:43
- Ordinance of 178525:28
- Northwest Ordinance of 178726:50
- A Single NW Territory27:12
- Inhabitants27:22
- Weaknesses of the Articles27:47
- No Power to Tax28:26
- No Executive28:53
- Single Vote for Each State29:02
- Diplomatic Features30:05
- Great Lake Area30:20
- John Adams31:10
- Example 131:35
- Example 234:28
- Example 336:55
The Constitutional Convention and Debate Over Ratification
45m 59s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Debts, Taxes and Shays3:31
- Postwar Depression3:41
- Resentment of Farmers4:00
- Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt4:33
- Effects of Shays' Rebellion5:29
- Sentenced to Death5:37
- No Federal Army5:54
- A Riot Act6:30
- What Type of Government to Create?7:20
- A Stronger Central Government8:07
- Money Questions8:16
- Alexander Hamilton9:15
- James Madison11:06
- Madison's Virginia Plan12:06
- 3-Tiered National Government13:41
- Lower House13:58
- Upper House14:10
- Patterson's New Jersey Plan14:47
- William Patterson15:18
- One-House Legislature15:57
- Tax and Regulate Commerce16:06
- The Great Compromise16:30
- Roger Sherman16:43
- Connecticut Plan17:07
- Legislature17:30
- Other Important Decisions19:56
- In One Supreme Court20:00
- The Electoral College20:23
- A Fugitive Clause22:50
- The Supreme Law of the Land23:17
- National Supremacy23:28
- The Constitution24:19
- Fear of Abuse of People's Rights24:58
- Federalism, Enlightenment and Republicanism25:34
- Federalism25:47
- Enlightenment Ideas26:27
- Enumerated Powers27:04
- Federalists V.S. Antifederalists28:42
- Federalists28:55
- The Federalist Papers29:30
- Antifederalists30:25
- A Bill of Rights30:41
- Completing the Structure30:57
- First Elections31:25
- Ratification31:31
- Washington and John Adams31:35
- First Ten Amendments31:44
- The Judiciary Act of 178931:58
- Map of State Ratification of Constitution32:17
- Creation of a Cabinet and Three Departments33:33
- Example 134:32
- Example 235:25
- Example 342:23
The Early Nation and the Washington Administration
43m 18s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Status of Native Americans1:55
- Conflicts over Land2:04
- Nation Within a Nation3:09
- Tribal Sovereignty3:20
- Domestic Dependent Nations4:54
- Native American Conflicts 1780s5:25
- Trans-Appalachian West5:43
- Treaty of Fort Stanwix6:02
- Native Americans in Ohio6:52
- Native American Conflicts 1790s7:01
- Northwest Confederacy7:24
- Miami Warrior Little Turtle7:45
- Battle of Fallen Timbers8:51
- Treaty of Greenville9:09
- Hamilton and the Federalist Influence9:30
- Federalists10:02
- Alexander Hamilton10:26
- Public Credit11:37
- Alexander Hamilton's Economic Plan12:06
- Assume the Debts of the States12:16
- A National Bank12:56
- Excise Tax13:13
- The Federalist Program14:24
- The Funding Bill14:32
- Potomac River15:48
- National Bank of the US16:08
- Public Credit16:15
- The Republican Opposition16:39
- The Emerging of the Republican Party17:30
- Agrarian Republic18:17
- Decentralization19:20
- Strict V.S. Broad Constructionism20:11
- Strict Constructionism21:39
- Elastic Clause22:45
- Loose or Broad Constructionism24:01
- Washington Wins 1792 Election25:14
- The Whiskey Rebellion25:50
- The Militia26:21
- Early Foreign Policy26:51
- Neutral Policy27:23
- Diplomat Edmond Genet28:05
- French West Indies29:19
- Jay's Treaty29:48
- Federalist John Jay30:17
- Opposition to Jay's Treaty31:44
- Pinckney's treaty in 179531:56
- Thomas Pinckney32:08
- Mississippi River32:27
- Executive Privilege33:15
- Downfall of the Federalists33:37
- Republicans Rose in Power33:44
- Preserving Stability34:03
- The Election of 179635:08
- Farewell Address35:46
- John Adams37:13
- Example 137:46
- Example 240:50
Section 4: Period 4: 1800-1848
Adams and The Jeffersonian Era
48m 14s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- John Adams1:48
- Political Philosopher2:40
- French Revolution and Haitian Revolution3:13
- Not a Slave Owner3:46
- Falling out with Jefferson4:34
- Relations with France Deteriorate5:32
- XYZ Affair7:12
- A Huge Backlash7:33
- New Warships7:59
- Rejected the Federalist Approach8:33
- Alien and Sedition Acts9:06
- Alien Act9:23
- French Revolution9:48
- 1st Amendment's Prohibition11:19
- Republican Response12:21
- VA and KY Resolutions12:26
- Undelegated Powers12:40
- States' Rights Interpretation of the Constitution13:06
- Jefferson Becomes President in 180013:50
- Election of 180014:34
- Burr15:15
- Voting for Jefferson15:35
- Jefferson Elected15:51
- Electoral College15:58
- Revolution of 180016:44
- Judiciary Act of 180117:37
- Midnight Appointments18:08
- Marbury V. Madison19:26
- Marbury V. Madison19:41
- Judicial Review20:17
- John Marshall21:29
- Samuel Chase21:40
- Thomas Jefferson21:51
- Architect, Intellectual, Writer22:00
- Urbanization22:52
- Expansion of US Territory23:57
- Monticello24:23
- Limits on Government25:06
- Abolishing Internal Taxes15:15
- The U.S. Military Academy at West Point26:06
- U.S. French Relations26:25
- Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso of 180027:03
- Unrest in the Caribbean Islands28:02
- New Republic of Haiti28:35
- Napoleon and L'ouverture29:44
- Other Foreign Policy Challenges30:05
- Pinckney Treaty of 179530:28
- Robert Livingston30:42
- Louisiana Purchase of 180331:46
- Proposal of Buying Louisiana32:17
- Signed the Agreement32:30
- Louisiana Admitted as a State32:57
- Louisiana Purchase33:07
- Lewis and Clark33:34
- Missouri River34:15
- Records to Geography and Civilizations34:43
- Lewis, Clark and Sacajawea35:07
- The Burr Conspiracy35:24
- Essex Junto36:00
- Aaron Burr36:23
- Other Challenges for Jefferson37:27
- War of 181237:44
- Napoleonic War37:51
- Chesapeake-Leonard Incident39:03
- Jefferson's Proposal: Embargo39:35
- Embargo41:02
- A Controversial Policy41:53
- Exports42:17
- Example 142:35
- Example 244:46
Period IV: James Madison and the War of 1812
44m 36s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Election of 18082:24
- Non-Intercourse Act in 18093:12
- Macon's Bill No. 2 in 18103:43
- Madison Faces Challenges4:24
- France Stop interfering with US Shipping4:34
- Indians in Ohio River Valley5:14
- Westward Expansion and Clashes With Native Americans5:34
- Treaty of Grenville in 17956:25
- The Harrison Land Law6:57
- William Henry Harrison7:25
- Tenskwatawa, “The Prophet”8:18
- Shawnee Leader8:42
- Spiritual Revival10:07
- Tecumseh: “The Shooting Star”10:29
- Against White Civilization10:43
- Battle of Tippecanoe11:12
- Florida and War Fever12:04
- War Hawks13:58
- Henry Clay of Kentucky14:10
- John C. Calhoun of SC14:13
- Causes of War and Divisions14:50
- Naval Blockade15:44
- A Divided Nation16:53
- Anti-War Groups17:36
- The War of 181218:53
- Land Campaign20:11
- Invaded Canada through Detroit20:25
- General Hull20:37
- The War of 1812: “Mr. Madison's War”21:05
- Map of the War24:16
- The White House Burns in 181427:05
- The Revolt of New England28:04
- Daniel Webster28:36
- Talk of Secession29:20
- Hartford Convention29:35
- The Effects of the War of 181231:07
- Respect Canada as a Neighbor31:42
- Debate over Missouri Territory32:01
- Rise of Sectionalism32:20
- Territorial Expansion for Anglo-Americans33:21
- The Treaty of Ghent33:56
- The Rush-Bagot Agreement of 181734:54
- Example 135:12
- Example 237:59
- Example 342:15
Period IV: The Growing Economy, The American System and The 'Era of Good Feelings'
35m 25s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- The Growing Economy2:32
- Manufacturing Increased2:39
- The Bank of the U.S.2:59
- Building of a National Network of Roads and Waterways3:24
- Tariff of 18164:04
- Transportation System Improvements6:01
- Potomac River to the Ohio River6:09
- President Madison7:54
- Conestoga Wagon8:25
- Henry Clay's American System8:35
- Protective Tariffs8:43
- National Bank8:52
- Internal Improvements8:55
- The Panic of 18199:56
- The First Major Financial Panic10:26
- Tight Credit Policy10:37
- Debt Increased Sharply10:53
- Westward Expansion11:14
- The Population Doubled11:30
- The Factor System12:08
- The Plantation System in the Southwest13:17
- Black Belt14:15
- Cotton Plantations and Slavery14:31
- Four States Admitted to the Union15:25
- Trade and Trapping in the Far West15:45
- Mexico Gained Independence16:08
- U.S. Traders16:39
- Jedediah Smith17:37
- Exploration of the West18:03
- Plattee18:36
- The Great American Desert18:56
- James Monroe19:13
- Virginia Dynasty19:22
- John Quincy Adams20:25
- John C. Calhoun20:32
- John Quincy Adams and Florida21:04
- A Committed Nationalist21:16
- Negotiations with Spain21:25
- Andrew Jackson21:41
- Adams-Onis Treaty of 181922:52
- Adams-Onis Treaty24:02
- Sectional Conflicts24:57
- The Extension of Slavery25:06
- The Tallmadge Amendment26:32
- Missouri Compromise27:14
- A Free State27:21
- A Slave State28:11
- MO Compromise28:29
- Example 130:16
- Example 231:53
John Marshall, the Federalist Legacy and James Monroe's Foreign Policy
35m 22s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- John Marshall and the Federalist Legacy1:10
- Judicial Authority, the Supremacy of Laws and Traditional Property Rights1:51
- The Interests of Propertied and Commercial Classes2:25
- Long Term Mark on the Court3:02
- Fletcher v. Peck in 18103:30
- Land Frauds3:42
- Contract Clause5:42
- Property Rights7:00
- Dartmouth College v. Woodward in 18197:40
- College's Charter8:04
- Expanded the Meaning of Contract Clause8:27
- The Corporate Charter8:48
- McCulloch v. Maryland in 18199:20
- Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States11:16
- Implied Powers11:34
- Power to Destroy12:05
- Gibbons v. Ogden in 182412:23
- A State Grant14:29
- Interstate Commerce14:38
- Johnson v. McIntosh in 182315:01
- Sold Land to White Settlers16:19
- Take Land from Tribes16:44
- Worcester v. Georgia in 182317:49
- Establish Native American Sovereignty18:51
- Marshall Affirmed the Rights of Tribes19:32
- Foreign Policy Under Monroe20:39
- U.S.-Latin American Trade Relations22:46
- Neutrality23:40
- Establish Diplomatic Relations25:08
- Monroe Doctrine in 182325:53
- “Backyard” of the U.S.27:05
- Nationalistic Policy28:26
- Secretary o State John Q. Adams28:40
- Example 130:00
- Example 232:43
John Quincy Adams, Growing Sectional Tension, and the Capitalist Commonwealth
47m 41s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- The Election of 18241:17
- State Legislatures1:52
- William H. Crawford3:08
- The Demise of the Caucus System3:49
- House of Representatives4:43
- Henry Clay as Secretary of State6:14
- Corrupt Bargain6:30
- John Quincy Faces Obstacles7:05
- Partisan Tensions Emerged7:16
- International Issues7:33
- Conflict with Georgia8:36
- The Controversial Tariff of 18289:29
- Tariff on Imported Goods9:32
- Tariff of Abominations10:01
- A Huge Backlash in New England10:37
- Capitalism and the Commonwealth10:55
- Common-wealth11:42
- Abrupt Drop in Worldwide Prices12:50
- Business Cycle13:23
- Transportation Improvements13:58
- The Sale of Privately Owned Land14:43
- Marshall Court15:37
- First Railroad Lines15:48
- Transportation Innovations16:24
- Trade Ventures16:30
- Shipping Industry16:37
- James Watt16:42
- Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston16:51
- Turnpikes17:13
- Erie Canal Project17:17
- George Harvey's “Pittsford on the Erie Canal” in 183718:37
- Erie Canal18:53
- Growth of U.S. Industry20:14
- Factory System20:27
- Eli Whitney22:35
- Changes in Corporate Law24:08
- Trade/Craft Unions25:00
- Commonwealth v. Hunt in 184226:32
- Peaceful Unions26:59
- Labor Contracts27:08
- Cities Continue to Grow28:09
- Northerners29:00
- Agriculture and the Rise in Immigrants29:13
- Peculiar Institution30:01
- Effects of the Market Revolution31:31
- Isolated Lives32:29
- Women's Rights32:40
- Less Arranged Marriages33:17
- The Growth of the Cotton Industry34:07
- Example 134:18
- Example 236:55
- Example 339:18
Republicanism, The Second Great Awakening and Antebellum Reform Movements
40m 4s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:51
- A Democratic Republican Culture1:54
- Republican Marriages2:44
- Republican Motherhood4:56
- Raising Republican Children7:10
- Promoting Cultural Independence8:32
- Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery9:55
- Necessary Evil11:32
- Wages-Slaves11:50
- Gabriel Prosser12:35
- Outlawed Slave Trade13:47
- Voting Rights Expand14:05
- The Antislavery Movement Early 1800s15:06
- Black Abolitionists15:24
- Haitian Revolution15:42
- The American Colonization Society17:43
- Liberia18:19
- Richard Allen20:04
- The Second Great Awakening21:33
- Huge Evangelized Hubs22:27
- Evangelic Methodist and Baptist Churches23:09
- Timothy Dwight and Charles Finney23:33
- Revival Meetings Could Last Up to a Week23:53
- Effects of the Second Great Awakening26:01
- A Fervently Protestant People26:30
- Academies27:56
- Women's Rights and Temperance Movements28:22
- Revivalism29:20
- Camp Meeting29:27
- Rationalism/Enlightenment (Deism)29:45
- Charles Grandison Finney30:53
- Finney and Revival31:32
- Other Religious Groups Arise31:51
- The Shakers32:15
- The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing33:10
- Utopian Society34:22
- The Shakers35:27
- Example 136:17
- Example 238:43
Utopian Communal Societies, the Temperance Movement, and Nativism
47m 18s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- Rural Communalism and Utopian Societies2:24
- Fourierism4:06
- Utopian Socialism5:05
- Members of Phalanxes5:37
- 100 Cooperative Communities5:42
- Other Communal Experiments6:26
- The Amana Colonies in Iowa6:29
- New Harmony6:53
- Utopian Socialist Community7:10
- Major Communal Experiment Before 18608:39
- The Oneida Community10:11
- John Humphrey Noyes10:18
- Complex Marriage10:22
- Female Followers11:38
- Silverware Production13:17
- The Mormons, 183014:01
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints14:11
- Joseph Smith14:14
- Brigham Young16:23
- The Mormon Trail16:45
- Immigration and Cultural Conflict17:10
- Potato Famine19:27
- German/Irish20:15
- Cholera Epidemic21:26
- Immigrant Communities21:41
- The Surge in Immigration, 1854-185522:14
- Backlash Against Immigrant Groups23:04
- Low Wages23:18
- Nativist groups26:11
- Immigrants were Scapegoats26:54
- Alcoholism27:02
- Samuel F.B. Morse28:00
- The Temperance Movement28:33
- Reform Movement Against Drunkenness29:07
- The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance30:56
- Temperance Legislation31:37
- The Drunkard's Progress32:27
- Carrie Nation, The Bar Room Smasher33:58
- Conservative Social Reform35:30
- Congregational and Presbyterian Ministers35:46
- Prison Discipline Society36:24
- Regular Habits36:32
- Sabbatarian Values37:10
- Example 138:45
- Example 241:20
- Example 342:46
Jacksonian Democracy
40m 25s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- The Rise of Popular Politics2:21
- Expansion of the Vote2:30
- Presidential Electors3:17
- No Franchise4:01
- The Political Machine4:38
- Martin Van Buren5:58
- Patronage6:30
- Spoils System6:46
- Jacksonians8:32
- Changing in Voting Patterns8:52
- Jackson Runs a Tough Campaign10:57
- Age of Jackson11:42
- Jackson's Inauguration13:23
- Reign of King Mob13:45
- Economic Equality14:41
- First Days in Office15:14
- Whigs15:54
- Against Jackson17:09
- Like a Monarch17:18
- Northern Whigs18:02
- Southern Whigs18:57
- President of the Common Man19:22
- Self-Made man from TN19:27
- Equal Protection and Equal Benefits19:31
- No Region19:58
- Permanent Office Holders21:07
- Frugal Jeffersonian21:43
- To the Victors Belong the Spoils21:48
- Spoils System21:50
- A Central, Corrupting Feature22:40
- To the Victors Belong the Spoils23:44
- Jackson's Political Rivals: Clay24:14
- Four Internal Improvement Bills24:44
- The Bank of the United States25:22
- Vetoing Numerous Bills25:40
- The Rise of Martin Van Buren and Jackson's Scandalous Cabinet26:05
- Kitchen Cabinet26:54
- Albany Regency27:18
- Senator Eaton27:28
- The Rats Leaving a Falling House28:50
- Calhoun and Nullification29:33
- John C. Calhoun of South Carolina29:40
- Nullification30:04
- Tariff of Abominations30:20
- Sectional Controversy31:15
- Nullification Crisis31:45
- Preserve Federal Union32:54
- A Force Bill33:45
- Compromise Reached34:09
- Henry Clay34:14
- Passed the Compromise and Force Bill34:33
- Nullification of the Tariffs34:40
- Example 135:09
- Example 237:54
- Four Internal Improvement Bills24:44
- The Bank of the United States25:22
- Vetoing Numerous Bills25:40
- The Rise of Martin Van Buren and Jackson's Scandalous Cabinet26:05
- Kitchen Cabinet26:54
- Albany Regency27:18
- Senator Eaton27:28
- The Rats Leaving a Falling House28:50
- Calhoun and Nullification29:33
- John C. Calhoun of South Carolina29:40
- Nullification30:04
- Tariff of Abominations30:20
- Sectional Controversy31:15
- Nullification Crisis31:45
- Preserve Federal Union32:54
- A Force Bill33:45
- Compromise Reached34:09
- Henry Clay34:14
- Passed the Compromise and Force Bill34:33
- Nullification of the Tariffs34:40
- Example 135:09
- Example 237:54
Jackson, The Removal of Native Americans and The Bank Veto
43m 48s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- “King” Jackson and Native Americans2:01
- Vetoed 12 Bills2:45
- Abusing Power3:13
- Land-Hungry Citizens4:30
- “King Jackson”4:55
- Attitudes Toward Native Americans6:42
- White Expansion6:49
- Get Rid of Indian Landholdings7:26
- Indian Removal Act7:48
- The “Five Civilized Tribes”8:08
- Cherokees9:23
- Southern Indians10:11
- Tribal Map in Southeast10:37
- The Indian Removal Act, 183011:00
- The Resettlement of Many Thousands of American Indians11:06
- Bureau of Indian Affairs11:28
- The Black Hawk War12:01
- Chief Black Hawk12:12
- Last Battle12:26
- 70 Indian Nation to Sign Treaties13:02
- Portrait of Black Hawk by Charles Bird King13:26
- Worcester v. Georgia in 183213:55
- Worcester15:27
- Native American Sovereignty15:54
- The Rights of Tries to Remain Free from the State Government16:11
- Jackson's Response16:54
- Let the Court Enforce It16:56
- Removal Continued17:26
- Johnson v. McIntosh in 182317:32
- Illinois and Pinakeshaw17:50
- Buy Land from Tribes not from Individuals18:11
- Indian Removal18:33
- Trail of Tears20:07
- Trail of Tears, a 1200 Mile Journey20:44
- The Seminole War21:37
- The Seminoles of Florida21:55
- The Struggle Dragged on for Years22:18
- Uprising in 183522:30
- Osceola23:24
- “The Indians and Negroes Massacre the Whites in Florida, in January 1836”23:30
- Result of Removal25:07
- Less Hospitable Lands of the Mississippi25:26
- Disease or Exhaustion26:37
- Alien Environment26:46
- Jackson's Bank Veto27:03
- Most Powerful Financial Institution in the Nation27:30
- Nicholas Biddle27:50
- The “Soft Money” Faction28:12
- The Hard money Position28:33
- Henry Clay29:56
- Private Monopoly30:19
- Jackson's Second Term31:13
- Destroy the “Monster” Bank31:26
- Attorney General Roger B. Taney31:56
- Raising Interest Rates and Calling in Loans32:10
- Chronically Unstable Banking System32:46
- Jackson Cartoon33:14
- Jackson's Species Circular35:52
- Inflated Prices for Land and Various Goods36:01
- Specie Circular36:12
- The Panic of 183736:38
- Example 137:41
- Example 240:09
Democrats, Whigs, and the Second Party System
36m 37s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Taney Appointed to the Court1:32
- Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge2:19
- Promote General Happiness2:44
- Exercising a Monopoly3:18
- Expansion of Economic Opportunity3:35
- The Whigs Respond to the Democrats4:03
- Second Party System5:14
- Laissez-Faire Capitalism5:53
- Irish and German Catholics6:35
- Whig Ideology6:52
- Expanding the Power of the Federal Government6:53
- Supporters of Legislation7:37
- Anti-Mason Movement8:10
- The “Great Triumvirate”8:20
- Henry Clay8:40
- Daniel Webster8:53
- John Calhoun9:01
- Election of 18369:28
- Van Buren9:34
- Nominating Four Candidates From Different Regions10:14
- An Affecting Scene in Kentucky10:35
- 1836 Election Cartoon12:48
- Divided Leadership Affects 1836 Election14:51
- Martin Van Buren and Democrats14:58
- Individual Rights15:05
- The Failed Plan15:22
- The Panic of 183715:49
- Distribution Act16:45
- Land Speculative Fever Resulted16:54
- Independent Treasury System17:56
- Image of the Panic of 183718:50
- Depression of 183721:25
- The Ideology of Artisan Republicanism21:41
- Unions to Bargain for Higher Wages22:06
- Closed Shops Agreements22:23
- Effects of the Depression23:09
- Prohibited “Conspiracies” in Restraint of Trade23:12
- The Democratic Party24:22
- Commonwealth v. Hunt in 184224:35
- Peaceful Unions24:50
- Upheld the Rights of Workers25:06
- Ten-Hour Day for Federal Employees25:30
- Log Cabin Campaign of 184025:50
- Penny Press26:50
- The Party of the Common People27:30
- William Henry Harrison27:47
- Log Cabin Campaign28:02
- Harrison Wins28:24
- 234 V.S. 60 Electoral Votes28:40
- Re-Charter bank29:19
- Preemption Act of 184129:32
- Foreign Policy Highlights30:09
- Caroline30:23
- Aroostook war30:41
- Creole30:55
- Webster-Ashburton Treaty31:32
- Extraterritoriality31:53
- Example 133:05
- Example 235:36
Transcendentalists and the American Renaissance
37m 43s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Individualism0:54
- Alexis de Tocqueville1:14
- Individualism1:48
- Transcendentalism3:12
- Intellectual Movement3:19
- Individuality Self-Reliance and Nonconformity3:48
- Instincts and Emotion4:32
- Transcendentalists4:55
- Understanding5:05
- Transcend the Limits of the Intellect5:22
- Concord, MA5:55
- Images of Transcendentalists6:07
- Ralph Waldo Emerson7:11
- Leading Spokesman of this Movement7:35
- The American Scholar8:31
- Outpouring of First Class novel, Poetry and Essays9:18
- Original Relation with Nature10:39
- Ordinary Middle-Class Americans10:56
- New Industrial Society11:35
- Henry David Thoreau12:04
- Lives of Quiet Desperation12:16
- Self-Realization12:34
- Walden and Life in the Woods13:10
- Resistance to Civil Government13:36
- The Defense of Nature16:34
- The Rapid Economic Development17:00
- Inspiration and Spirituality17:17
- Gender Roles Redefined17:49
- Woman in the Nineteenth Century17:59
- Mystical Relationship with God18:53
- The Questioning of Gender Roles19:23
- Emergence of a Broad Array of Movement19:49
- Romanticism19:57
- Order and Control20:33
- Slavery Overshadowed21:25
- Romanticism and Nationalism21:49
- The Need to Improve the American Culture21:55
- Romanticism for Inspiration22:05
- Literature and the Quest for Liberation22:19
- Washington Irving's James Fenimore Cooper22:59
- Walt Whitman23:43
- Democracy, The liberation of the Individual and the Pleasures of the Flesh24:04
- Herman Melville24:28
- Strength of Individual Will24:47
- Edgar Allen Poe25:09
- BrookFarm: A Utopian Experiment25:33
- Nathaniel Hawthorne25:35
- Brook Farm25:56
- Form of Socialism26:13
- All Share in the Leisure26:36
- Southern Literature27:40
- Historical Romances of the Plantation System27:50
- William Gilmore Simms28:13
- The Lives of Ordinary People and Poor Whites28:49
- Mark Twain29:09
- American Landscape Painting29:15
- Hudson River School29:25
- Nature is the Source of Wisdom29:50
- Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran30:45
- Examples of Landscape Painting30:53
- Example 131:45
- Example 234:08
Abolitionism
46m 20s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- Free Blacks Urge Others to “Elevate”1:17
- Social Uplift1:19
- Whites Led Mob Attack Against Blacks3:25
- Moderates and Extremists3:48
- The Antislavery Movement4:04
- American Colonization Society4:15
- Gradual Manumission of Slaves4:48
- Decline of Antislavery Movement5:30
- Abolitionists5:36
- Free African Americans6:21
- Threat of Being Kidnapped7:10
- Liberator8:07
- Moderate and Extreme Approaches8:20
- Advocating for Moderate Approach8:29
- Radical Abolitionists8:56
- Evangelical Christians10:32
- William Lloyd Garrison11:01
- Newspaper: Liberator11:08
- Reject Gradualism12:42
- New England Antislavery Society13:04
- David Walker13:36
- Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens14:01
- National Convention in Philly15:10
- Collective Equality for All Blacks15:40
- Nat Turner16:06
- Bloody Revolt in Southampton Country, Virginia16:55
- Turner's Men17:40
- The Virginia Legislature19:30
- Southern States Toughened their Slave Codes20:00
- The Underground Railroad20:21
- Frederick Douglass23:10
- Most Powerful Abolitionists and Orators23:13
- North Star in Rochester, NY23:35
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass24:35
- Friend with Garrison25:34
- Douglass and the North Star27:01
- Other Evangelical Abolitionists27:11
- Theodore Dwight Weld27:18
- Angelina and Sarah Grimke27:39
- American Anti-Slavery Society29:31
- Sojourner Truth29:56
- Anti-Abolitionism32:12
- Backlash Against Abolitionist Movement32:14
- Prudence Crandall32:56
- Abolitionist Headquarters33:27
- Amistad33:35
- The Spanish Slave Vessel Amistad33:39
- Prigg v. PA34:18
- Federal Fugitive Slave Laws34:47
- Abolitionists and Politics35:04
- Ban Interstate Slave Trade and Abolish Slavery35:10
- Restrict the Use of Mail35:28
- The Liberty Party35:55
- James G. Birney36:11
- Free Soil36:21
- Women's Rights37:38
- Example 138:09
- Example 240:46
- Example 343:09
Women's Rights Movement and Antebellum Reform
46m 20s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Education Reforms1:05
- Horace Mann1:56
- Reorganized the School System2:25
- Literacy Rate2:54
- Experimental Schools5:17
- Self-Realization5:23
- Perkins School5:44
- Social Value and Democratize the U.S.6:03
- Rehabilitation6:19
- The Asylum Movement6:34
- Dorothea Dix6:45
- The Rise of Feminism8:09
- Sarah and Angelina Grimke9:11
- Other Reformers9:37
- Married Women's Property Acts10:09
- Seneca Falls10:40
- Society of Friends10:44
- Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions11:39
- The Women's Right13:11
- Declaration of Sentiments13:38
- Quakers Influence Feminist Movement14:36
- Sexual Equality14:47
- Stanton Were Quakers15:25
- Lucy Stone16:26
- Emma Willard17:08
- Catherine Beecher17:21
- Feminist Style of Clothing17:39
- Bloomer17:42
- Amelia Bloomer17:54
- Example 118:54
- Example 221:08
- Example 323:30
Section 5: Period 5: 1844-1877
Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, And Increased Sectionalism
43m 51s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- Westward Expansion3:17
- Manifest Destiny5:25
- Penny Press7:10
- Empire of Liberty7:50
- John Gast's American Progress8:05
- Americans in Texas10:03
- Interested in Texas10:14
- American Immigration Into Texas12:02
- Stephen Austin12:47
- Revolt Broke Out13:20
- Stephen Austin: “The father of Texas” and Sam Houston, the First President of the Republic of Texas13:36
- Tensions between U.S. and Mexico14:02
- Legalize Slavery14:10
- Instability in Mexico15:33
- Independence of Texas16:07
- Battle of San Jacinto16:20
- U.S. Settlements and The Texas War of Independence17:09
- U.S. Annexation of Texas17:09
- Southern Democrats17:38
- Election of 184417:47
- President martin Van Buren Refused18:30
- Main Battles in the Texas War of Independence18:55
- Oregon19:51
- U.S. and British Sovereignty19:58
- The Catholic Missionaries From Canada20:30
- Oregon Fever20:55
- A Measles Epidemic21:32
- Huge Westward Migration and Trails21:50
- Great Overland Trails22:13
- Gender Lines23:26
- Expansion Issue Politicized23:37
- The Election of 184423:39
- President Tyler23:48
- James Polk24:27
- Fifty Four Forty or Fight24:38
- Compromise over Oregon And The Southwest25:26
- Border 49th Parallel25:30
- The Northern Border of Oregon25:50
- Zachary Taylor26:13
- The Mexican American War26:30
- Map of the U.S.-Mexican War26:43
- U.S.-Mexican War28:30
- John Slidell28:34
- Whig Critics28:54
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo29:19
- Mexican Cession29:42
- Polk Supports Extending the Missouri Compromise Line30:43
- Banning Slavery North of the Line and Permitting it South of the Line31:19
- Popular Sovereignty31:31
- The Sectional Debate Heats Up31:41
- Polk's Expansionist Agenda32:05
- The Wilmot Proviso32:44
- A Threat to Republican Liberties and White Yeoman Farming33:38
- Dissent and Divergence34:08
- Dissenter of the U.S.-Mexican War34:27
- Frederick Douglass35:46
- Diverging Views of Douglass and Garrison36:46
- Example 137:32
- Example 240:54
- Example 341:50
The Expansion of Slavery and Resistance to its Expansion
1h 5m
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Election of 18481:10
- Free-Soil Party2:04
- Taylor Won2:38
- Antislavery Democrats: “ Barnburners”2:54
- The California Gold Rush4:26
- Increased in Non-Native American Population5:39
- Forty-Niners5:56
- Chinese Migrants6:38
- The California Gold Rush Images and Map7:27
- California and Gold Rush Map9:41
- Effects of the Gold Rush10:34
- A Labor Shortage10:36
- Indian Hunters11:17
- Heterogeneous Population11:50
- Rising Sectional Differences12:05
- The Balance of Slave and Free States12:12
- Personal Liberty Laws and Fugitive Slave Laws12:34
- A Series of Compromises13:14
- Compromise of 185013:30
- Fillmore14:48
- California Join the Union as a Free State14:55
- Fugitive Slave Law15:17
- Temporarily Preserved the Union16:37
- Map of the Compromise of 185016:43
- Crisis of the 1850s17:39
- Franklin Pierce17:45
- Young America19:59
- The Ostend Manifesto19:24
- Railroads, Slavery, and Sectionalism20:02
- Westward Expansion20:11
- Better Communication20:28
- Gadsen Purchase20:50
- Kansas-Nebraska Act of 185421:45
- Popular Sovereignty22:03
- Missouri Compromise was Repealed23:01
- A Scramble of Pro- and Anti-slavery Settlers23:42
- Republican Party24:05
- Anti-Nebraska Dems24:25
- Map of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 185424:48
- Bleeding Kansas25:39
- Pro-Slavery Forces26:23
- Free-Staters26:29
- President Pierce26:51
- John Brown28:16
- Pottawatomie Massacre28:42
- Tragic Prelude29:04
- Charles Summer's “The Crime Against Kansas”30:46
- Free-Soil Ideology32:40
- Northern Whites Believed that Slavery was Dangerous32:52
- Antithesis of Democracy33:57
- The Free Soil Party34:34
- A Critical View: “The Hurly-Burly Pot”34:55
- The Pro-Slavery Argument37:52
- Uncle Tom's Cabin37:58
- The Pro-Slavery Argument38:37
- Superior Southern Way of life39:03
- “Cotton is King”39:19
- Election of 185639:51
- John Fremont40:13
- Increasing the Support of the Republican Party41:17
- Sectionalism of the Realigned Political Parties42:14
- A Surge in Nativism42:26
- Nativism43:13
- The American Party44:11
- Know-Nothing Party44:20
- The Dred Scott Decision44:16
- An Army Surgeon45:04
- Circuit Court45:26
- John Sanford45:29
- Chief Justice Taney's Stance46:28
- No Claim to Citizenship46:35
- The MO Compromise47:33
- Great Controversy47:48
- Deadlock Over Kansas48:11
- Buchanan Timidly Endorsed the Dred Scott Case48:18
- Lecompton Constitution48:28
- Buchanan Pressured Congress48:55
- KS as a Free State49:18
- Significant Congressional Election of 185849:28
- Sectional Crisis49:36
- Lincoln-Douglas50:30
- House Divided51:38
- The Spread of Free Labor53:03
- The Rise of Lincoln53:18
- Freeport Doctrine53:36
- A National Following54:47
- Lost the Majority of Democrats of the House55:10
- Lincoln and Douglas55:21
- John Brown's Raid55:34
- John Brown's Statement56:08
- Seized a Mountain Fortress56:50
- Brown Surrendered57:07
- Example 157:40
- Example 21:00:29
- Example 31:02:25
The Civil War, Part 1
44m
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- The Election of 18601:53
- Divided Democrats2:45
- A Free-Soil Platform2:56
- Momentous Consequences3:58
- Storming the Castle4:26
- The National Game, Three “Outs” and One “Run”7:12
- The Election of 1860 Voting Results7:53
- The Appeal of Abraham Lincoln8:52
- Reputation for Eloquence9:02
- Signal to White Southerners9:36
- Secession and the Fire-eaters9:44
- South Carolina Convention9:48
- Confederate States of America10:18
- Jefferson Davis10:27
- Buchanan's Response and the Crittenden Plan10:39
- Fort Sumter11:30
- The Crittenden Compromise11:53
- Constitutional Amendment12:10
- Extension of Missouri Compromise Line12:25
- Lincoln Inaugurated and In Command12:49
- Refuse the Extension of Missouri Compromise Line13:05
- Union Constituted Insurrection13:49
- The Upper South Chooses Sides14:01
- State Militiamen14:14
- Border States14:50
- Setting Wars Objectives and Strategies15:41
- Defense of Confederacy15:45
- Unconditional Surrender16:09
- George B. McClellan16:50
- Battle Of Shiloh17:20
- The Anaconda Plan17:43
- Blockading the Gulf of Mexico18:40
- Starve the South into Submission18:48
- Seizing the Mississippi River19:07
- The Defensive Strategy of the Confederacy20:06
- Strategy of the South20:13
- General Robert E. Lee20:21
- Problems with Military Generals for the Union20:28
- Confederate Army under “Stonewall” Jackson21:12
- Battle at Antietam Creek21:50
- Joseph Fighting Joe Hooker22:57
- Both Sides Forced Into “Total War”23:11
- The First Legally Binding Draft24:03
- Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight24:45
- Unenforceable Southerners25:02
- The Union and Total War25:15
- The Union's Militia Act of 186225:20
- German and Irish Immigrants26:10
- 15000 Confederate Sympathizers27:05
- Draft Riots of 186328:06
- Aftermath of Draft Riots29:16
- Riots in New York City29:52
- A Plea for Churches29:55
- Financial Relief29:58
- Medical Services During the War30:42
- The Union Army Medical Bureau31:27
- U.S. Sanitary Commission31:36
- Dorothea Dix32:06
- Women Participated in Military Duties33:00
- Women and the Civil War33:15
- Mobilizing Resources34:00
- Mass Production34:11
- King Cotton34:55
- Rebel Government as a Belligerent Power35:05
- Federal Subsidies for Railroads35:48
- The Homestead Act36:10
- Economic Differences36:59
- Less Coherent Economic Policy37:03
- Legal Tender Act of 186237:41
- Inflation Increased38:03
- Example 138:32
- Example 240:03
- Example 342:15
The Civil War, Part 2
43m 47s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- The Road to Emancipation1:50
- Struggle Against Slavery2:44
- Contrabands3:35
- First Confiscation Act in 18614:28
- Wilmot Proviso5:17
- Wilmot Proviso Map5:30
- Contrabands5:49
- Union Lines5:52
- Slavery Began to Disintegrate6:03
- Lincoln Plans to Emancipate6:34
- Second Confiscation6:38
- Initial Draft of Emancipation7:10
- Emancipation Proclamation8:12
- Urged Slaves to Abstain from all Violence10:13
- Freedom to Slaves!10:25
- Abe Lincoln's Last Card Or Rouge-et-Noir12:31
- Vicksburg and Gettysburg14:09
- Vicksburg14:46
- The Battle at Gettysburg15:30
- Davis Supporters16:39
- Gettysburg Address17:09
- Dedication of the Cemetery for the Union War Dead17:40
- New Birth of Freedom17:48
- A War for Union and Freedom17:59
- The Turning Point20:35
- Own Regiments20:48
- The Emancipation Proclamation21:01
- White Resistance to Conscription21:22
- Segregated Military21:53
- Ulysses S. Grant Charge22:04
- Ulysses S. Grant22:15
- Fight a Modern War23:00
- Union and Confederate Soldiers23:33
- Barren Waste23:52
- General Philip H Sheridan23:57
- The Definition of Conventional Warfare24:08
- African American Man Picks Up Skeletons24:52
- The Elections of 186425:29
- Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Slavery25:37
- National Union Party25:45
- Map of the Election of 186426:45
- Post-Election27:18
- Potential Invalidity of Emancipation Proclamation27:30
- Legality of Abolishing Slavery27:53
- Sherman's March28:10
- Accelerated the Pace of Emancipation28:23
- The 13th Amendment28:33
- General William Tecumseh Sherman29:00
- Sherman's March Map29:12
- The Aftermath of Sherman's March30:17
- Destruction brought by Sherman30:20
- Wreak Vengeance30:45
- A Manpower Shortage30:58
- Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Court House31:11
- Appomattox Court House31:32
- Cost of Victory31:48
- The Conquest of the South, 1861-186532:35
- Casualties and Loss33:10
- The Lost of the South33:32
- Destroyed Cities33:46
- The Thirteenth Amendment Passed34:14
- Jurisdiction35:07
- Abolish Slavery35:12
- Example 136:19
- Example 238:36
- Example 341:33
Section 6: Period 6: 1865-1898
Reconstruction, Part 1
49m 57s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Reconstruction1:32
- Readmitting the Southern States2:15
- Bind Up the Nation's Wounds4:27
- Freedom Beyond Emancipation5:24
- Rebellious States6:22
- Presidential Reconstruction6:29
- Separation of Power6:59
- Ten Percent Plan7:41
- Lenient Policy8:33
- Congressional Reconstruction9:37
- Wade-Davis Bill10:00
- An Oath of Allegiance10:13
- Pocket veto10:54
- Lincoln Was Assassinated11:34
- Ford's Theater11:45
- The Four Co-conspirators12:19
- Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction13:16
- Andrew Johnson13:25
- Appointed Provisional Governors14:56
- Rejoining the Union15:20
- Black Codes and Backlash15:34
- Black Codes16:10
- Refuse to Admit the Southern Delegations18:31
- The Black Codes19:08
- Freedmen's Bureau20:08
- Lyman Trumbull21:34
- Securing the Civil Rights of the Freedmen22:26
- What Type of Labor System22:52
- Battles in the Sea Islands22:56
- True Freedom23:52
- Gang-Labor System25:08
- White Man's Government25:33
- White Supremacy26:55
- Turned to Washington27:06
- Congress Versus the President27:17
- Freedmen's Bureau Bill27:24
- Trumbull's Civil Rights Bill27:39
- 14th Amendment to the Constitution29:12
- Fourteenth Amendment29:24
- All Persons Born or Naturalized in the United States29:34
- The Equal Protection of the Laws29:53
- Civil Rights Act31:38
- Johnson's Response32:00
- The Fourteenth Amendment Became a Campaign Issue32:45
- Waving the Bloody Shirt32:57
- The Civil Rights of Ex-Slaves33:54
- Radical Republicans34:07
- Party's Abolitionist Strain34:21
- Remaking Southern Society35:55
- Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner36:52
- The Reconstruction Act of 186736:54
- Five Military Districts37:12
- Prewar Political Class37:32
- The Tenure of Office37:48
- Replace Edwin M. Stanton by General Ulysses S. Grant38:18
- Impeachment of Johnson38:47
- Impeachment39:03
- Tenure of Office Act39:31
- Horatio Seymour40:31
- Impeachment of Johnson, 186740:49
- Example 141:22
- Example 244:09
- Example 347:15
Reconstruction, Part 2
50m
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Women's Suffrage Denied1:24
- Women's Suffrage2:35
- National Women's Suffrage Association3:17
- Modern Feminist Movement3:37
- Out in the Cold3:57
- Republican Rule in the South5:38
- Congressional Stipulations5:57
- Scalawags6:47
- Carpetbaggers7:09
- Martial Law in the South8:36
- The Republican Program9:39
- Black Officeholders9:54
- Modernized State Constitutions10:04
- Tax Assessors and Collectors10:58
- Republican Reconstruction11:20
- Public Credit Collapsed11:26
- Education as the Foundation13:12
- New African American Churches13:31
- African Americans Take a Greater Role in Politics14:16
- Greater Role in Politics14:18
- The Assemble will Demand Revenge15:13
- Robert Brown Elliot15:47
- African Americans in Government16:15
- Hiram Revels16:26
- Robert Smalls16:32
- Blanche K. Bruce16:40
- African American Majority17:11
- The Quest of Land18:00
- Overcome Poverty18:20
- Southern Homestead Act of 186619:15
- Ex-Confederates19:40
- Sharecropping20:04
- Sharecropping20:32
- A Lien on the Crop21:37
- A Pretext for Peonage21:54
- Barrow Plantation22:55
- Ownership of Land after Reconstruction23:55
- Devastating to Southern Agriculture24:29
- Violence in the South: Backlash25:02
- Counterrevolution25:35
- A Threat to White Supremacy26:33
- Nathan Bedford Forrest27:15
- The KKK Act of 187128:13
- Worse Than Slavery28:36
- One Vote Less29:51
- Democratic Backlash30:21
- Prosecuting the KKK30:56
- The Klan31:02
- Prosecuting Klansmen31:40
- Democrats Overthrew Republicans Government32:51
- The Undoing of Reconstruction33:04
- Redeemers33:17
- Massive Black Barbarism33:53
- The Civil Rights Bill34:48
- The End of Reconstruction35:08
- Selling Their Votes for Money35:14
- Refashioned Themselves as Liberals35:48
- Grant Turned a Blind Eye36:45
- Grant Wins and Scandals Ensue37:11
- Whiskey Ring37:54
- White House38:07
- Credit Mobiler38:49
- Depression39:20
- The Bankruptcy of the Northern Pacific Railway39:28
- Freedman's Savings and Trust Company40:05
- Lost its Moral Claim on the Country40:39
- Grantism41:13
- Scandal-Ridden Administration41:18
- Triumphant Foreign Tour41:35
- The Political Crisis of 187741:46
- Home Rule42:02
- Disputed Votes to Hayes42:45
- Hayes was Inaugurated43:03
- The End of Reconstruction43:23
- Compromise of 187743:28
- 3 Rights-Defining Amendments44:00
- Example 145:01
- Example 246:12
- Example 347:52
The American West
58m 16s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- The U.S. Frontier and Industrialism2:47
- Post Civil War Republican Vision4:05
- Laissez-Faire Approach5:04
- Spread of American Industrialism Movement6:50
- The Great Plains and The West7:05
- Semiarid Great Plains7:13
- Arid West7:20
- Small Pox and Measles7:43
- Map of the U.S.8:13
- Native American Tribes and Lands Ceded9:26
- The Sioux10:48
- Antelope and Buffalo11:03
- Pawnees, Mandans and Euro-Americans11:34
- Westward Migration Into “Indian Country”11:42
- American Fever12:24
- Exodusters and Kansas13:00
- Union Pacific and Central Pacific13:29
- Telegraph Lines13:56
- Farming and Railroads in the West14:05
- Cattle Raising14:06
- New Technologies15:22
- Settlement of the Great Plains16:37
- The Transcontinental Railroad17:03
- Promontory Point, UT17:18
- Gold Rush in 184917:36
- The Increase of Non-Native American Population18:14
- Hit the Trails18:26
- Chinese18:48
- Gold Rush and Cattle Ranching19:18
- Silver Mining and Other Industries20:15
- Open-Range Ranching21:05
- Long Drive21:56
- Cowboys and Buffalo Bill's Wild West22:57
- Buffalo Bill23:22
- The Wild West Show23:56
- Little Annie Oakley24:40
- The Wild West Show25:59
- Homesteaders and Homestead Act of 186227:24
- Homestead Act of 186227:40
- The U.S. Geological Survey29:08
- Department of the Interior29:14
- Farming and the Grange29:23
- Meat Packing Industry29:41
- National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry31:07
- Oliver H. Kelley31:20
- Montgomery Ward31:41
- Oliver Kelley, Founder of the Grange32:13
- Native Americans and the West32:36
- A Peace Commission in 186732:58
- Bureau of Indian Affairs33:30
- Reservations34:03
- SW Dakota Territory35:05
- Apaches, Navajos and Utes35:22
- Fort Laramie Treaty35:45
- Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce36:16
- Battle of Little Big Horn37:45
- The Nez Perce37:48
- George Custer38:37
- Little Big Horn38:54
- Assimilation Polices39:49
- Education and Religious Indoctrination of American Indians40:13
- The Carlisle Boarding School40:33
- Helen Hunt Jackson41:26
- A Century of Dishonor41:31
- Helen Hunt Jackson and Dawes Severalty Act42:03
- Private Property and Severalty42:17
- The Dawes Act43:07
- Indian Education43:37
- The Ghost Dance44:11
- Native American Civilization44:26
- Wovoka44:32
- Wounded Knee, 189045:21
- The Long War of Suppression of the Plains Indians46:07
- The End of Indian Wars46:22
- Railroad Workers, Miners and Cowboys46:56
- The Diverse West and California47:12
- The High Sierras47:31
- Asian Migration47:48
- The Six Companies47:55
- Chinese Exclusion Act of 188248:10
- Chinese Exclusion Act48:43
- Japanese Immigrants49:10
- Biased Anti-Chinese Imagery49:34
- Golden California50:25
- Mark Twain and Bret Harte50:50
- Southern Pacific Railroad51:12
- John Muir51:26
- Sierra Club51:45
- Public Parks Established52:03
- Rampant Overdevelopment52:32
- Yosemite Valley52:38
- Yellowstone Valley52:47
- Example 153:20
- Example 255:48
The Rise of the Industrial U.S.
50m 27s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- The Age of Steel2:37
- The Bessemer Process3:54
- Andrew Carnegie4:36
- U.S. Steel Corporation5:04
- Andrew Carnegie5:16
- Rags to Riches5:31
- Vertical Integration6:22
- Carnegie Steel6:53
- Two Carnegeian Influential Ideologies7:38
- Social Darwinism8:18
- William Graham Sumner10:37
- Gospel of Wealth11:07
- Philanthropy11:30
- The Railroad Business12:26
- Increase of Railroad Construction12:58
- John Murray Forbes, Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Hill13:52
- Investment Banks14:12
- Map of Railroad Development14:44
- Corporate Consolidation15:44
- Scarcity of Jobs and Money16:24
- The Sherman Antitrust Act of 189017:53
- Corporate Consolidation18:38
- Corporations18:54
- Corporation19:03
- Limited Liability19:39
- Dominated by a Few Individuals20:36
- Big Four21:11
- Cornelius Vanderbilt21:40
- Robber Baron22:08
- Horatio Alger23:47
- Synonym for Enormous Wealth and Excessive Corporate24:42
- “Modern Colossus of Roads” by Joseph Keppler in Puck in 187924:56
- The Great Strike of 187725:28
- Railroad Mogul25:34
- The Great Strike of 187725:47
- Fall of Railroad Building27:25
- Manufacturing Output Increased28:10
- John D. Rockefeller28:35
- Black Gold28:43
- Horizontal Integration29:36
- Cut-Throat Competition29:49
- Vertical and Horizontal Integration30:29
- Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour's Meatpacking31:45
- Dominated Meatpacking31:56
- Refrigerator Cars32:12
- Other Businesses32:31
- Tobacco, Farm Machinery, Sewing Machine and Cereals32:35
- Cartels32:44
- Trusts32:53
- Sherman Antitrust Act of 189033:50
- The Basic Federal Antimonopoly Law34:04
- Congress Government Intervention in the Free Economy34:43
- United States v. E.C. Knight35:52
- Standard Oil Company v. United States36:19
- Laissez-Faire, and the Gilded Age37:48
- Laissez-Faire Approach38:14
- Industrial Giant38:49
- The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today38:58
- Democratic Vistas39:43
- Chromo Civilization39:50
- The Gilded Age39:58
- Glittery40:09
- Crass Corruption40:27
- Robber Barons: History Repeats Itself41:26
- Robber Barons42:31
- Example 143:13
- Example 245:29
- Example 346:53
Working People and the Labor Movement in the Gilded Age
38m 41s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- The World of Work2:14
- Farm Folk and Artisans2:37
- White-Collar Jobs3:03
- Negative Aspects of Urban Life4:19
- Outside Labor For Industries5:13
- Types of Jobs6:53
- Working Trends8:10
- Women Working More for Wages8:24
- Race, Ethnicity and Gender9:04
- Mechanized Jobs9:43
- Collective Bargaining10:00
- Immigration Affects the Working World10:53
- Huge Migration from the old World11:04
- Austrian, Hungarians and other Slavic People11:20
- The Labor Movement12:09
- The Knights of Labor12:22
- Cooperative Commonwealth13:30
- Social Reforms13:55
- Collective Bargaining and Closed Shops14:02
- Terence Powderly14:16
- Closed Shops15:15
- Open to all who Toiled15:47
- The Woman's Bureau of the Knights15:55
- The Knights Boycotted Against Gould16:15
- Boycott Against Unfair Employers16:34
- Jay Gould's Southwestern Railway System16:39
- Disorganized Strike17:20
- Haymarket Square Incident17:38
- Blamed on Anarchists16:20
- An Antiunion Hysteria18:52
- Yellow-Dog Contracts19:30
- The Knights of Labor20:21
- The AFL20:28
- American Federation of Labor20:35
- National Trade Unions21:26
- Bread and Butter Issues21:39
- Samuel Gompers22:15
- Samuel Gompers, Unions and Modern Strikes22:53
- Homestead Strike24:21
- Henry Frick24:41
- Put an End to Trade Unions in the Steel Industry25:45
- Pullman Strike26:13
- President Cleveland26:57
- Secondary Labor Boycott27:16
- Contempt of Court28:24
- In re Debs in 189528:50
- The use of Injunctions against Strikes29:04
- Socialism and the American Socialist Party29:15
- The IWW30:07
- The Wobblies30:13
- Marxist Class Struggle30:19
- General Strike30:27
- Syndicalism30:33
- Influence of Socialism and Debs31:06
- Social Darwinists31:28
- Eugene Debs32:02
- Labor Unions32:19
- Example 133:02
- Example 235:40
- Example 337:09
Immigration, Urban, Culture and Politics
48m 51s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Ward Politics and Political Bosses0:56
- Urban Political Machines1:40
- Tammany Hall in New York1:56
- Grassroots Constituency3:10
- Boss Tweed4:30
- The Political Machine and Corruption5:34
- George Plunkitt7:13
- Regular System7:21
- Honest Graft7:43
- Social Changes10:54
- Class Society11:00
- Increase in Suburbanization11:25
- American Woman's Home Journal12:19
- A Clash of Values12:51
- The Victorian Ideal of Domesticity13:09
- Clash of Victorian Ideas13:59
- Comstock Law14:35
- Religion and Secularism in the City15:26
- Orthodox Judaism16:15
- Catholic Church17:25
- Protestant Churches18:04
- Working-Class Culture and Journalism19:10
- Working-Class Culture19:28
- Joseph Pulitzer20:05
- Heart's New York Journal20:14
- The Higher Culture21:58
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art22:12
- Symphony Orchestras22:53
- Increase in Public Libraries23:08
- The Gilded Age24:46
- Ellis Island and Angel Island25:31
- Ellis Island26:15
- Angel Island27:02
- Paper Sons and Paper Daughters28:00
- The Immigrant Experience28:36
- “Old” and “New” Immigrants31:12
- Immigrant Challenges and Opportunities32:06
- Fraternal Organizations32:34
- Labor Force in Factories35:25
- Backlash Against Immigrants35:57
- The “Land of Milk and Honey”37:18
- Old Immigrants38:05
- Push and Pull38:19
- Immigration Cartoons38:25
- Urban Life: Technology Improves Life39:49
- New Forms of Transportation40:25
- Suburbs40:45
- Public-Works Programs40:50
- Skyscrapers and Subways41:03
- Frederick Law Olmsted's Central Park41:18
- Designed in 1860s42:14
- Inspired Other Parks42:18
- Urban Problems42:29
- Tenements42:33
- Poor Conditions42:45
- Example 143:32
- Example 244:42
- Example 345:57
The New South and The Farmers Mobilize
45m 21s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Frontier Thesis3:07
- Jackson Turner3:48
- The Significance of the Frontier in American History4:25
- The Decline of the Dominance of Rural America6:17
- A “New South”7:19
- Economic Growth in the South7:34
- Henry Grady8:31
- Tax Exemptions8:43
- The “New South”9:10
- Poverty in the South10:02
- Mostly Agricultural10:06
- Lacked Technological Skills10:17
- Cycle of Poverty10:46
- George Washington Carver11:09
- Class, Race and Politics in the New South11:50
- Inequality12:14
- Redeemers12:32
- Gerrymandering13:10
- Readjusters13:24
- The Colored Farmers' Alliance15:04
- Discrimination and Jim Crow15:21
- White Man's Party and the Solid South15:57
- Problems at the Polls16:17
- Court Cases and Discrimination18:09
- Civil Rights Cases of 188318:44
- Plessy v. Ferguson19:11
- Williams v. Mississippi21:42
- Civil Rights Activists Fight Back22:22
- Boycotts of Streetcars22:48
- Ida Wells-Barnett's Anti-Lynching Campaign23:03
- Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois24:33
- Farmers Face Problems25:11
- Grange Movement25:41
- The Farmers' Alliances26:14
- The National Alliance26:48
- The Populist Movement27:44
- A Catalyst for Political Crisis28:25
- A Class Ideology29:13
- Omaha Convention29:44
- The Texas Alliance's Subtreasury Plan30:03
- Women Populists30:37
- Populist Movement30:48
- Raise Less Corn and More Hell30:56
- Election of 1862 Map31:18
- The Texas Alliance's Subtreasury System32:09
- Public Warehouse32:26
- Subtreasury32:40
- Rejected by the Democrats33:05
- Railroad Regulations33:23
- Munn v. Illinois33:57
- For the Common Good34:22
- Richard B. Olney and Roscoe Conkling34:46
- Replaced by Judges with Pro-Business Records34:58
- The Wabash Case35:08
- Infringed on the Exclusive power of Congress35:27
- Only the Federal Government Could Regulate Railroads36:21
- The Interstate Commerce Act of 188736:32
- The Interstate Commerce Act of 188636:39
- ICC36:41
- Harrison, Cleveland and McKinley38:12
- Ineffective for the First 20 Years38:23
- Example 138:44
- Example 240:51
- Example 343:06
Politics of the Gilded Age
48m 1s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Campaign Strategy of “Do-Little” Government2:46
- Close Elections3:30
- Campaigning4:30
- Senator Roscoe Conkling5:53
- Waving the Bloody Shirt6:40
- Big City Political Machines6:58
- Presidential Politics7:24
- Rutherford B. Hayes7:28
- James Garfield8:31
- The Great Presidential Puzzle9:58
- Roscoe Conkling10:01
- James A. Garfield10:27
- Presidential Politics10:42
- Chester A. Arthur10:46
- Pendleton Act11:08
- Grover Cleveland11:59
- Grover the Good12:10
- Another President Who Had a Rise in the World13:11
- The Toe-Path to the White House13:16
- New York Customs House13:19
- The Politics of the Status Quo13:53
- The Pendleton Act14:11
- Civil Service Commission14:16
- Excise Tax and tariff14:47
- Cultural Politics and the People15:29
- Politics Became a Form of Entertainment15:51
- Party Loyalty15:54
- Ethnocultural Issues16:25
- Republican Factions16:47
- Stalwarts17:18
- Roscoe Conkling's Faction17:24
- Half-breeds17:41
- James G Blaine17:47
- Blaine Covered in Scandals18:14
- Mugwumps20:14
- Mugwumps20:27
- Fence-Sitters21:11
- The Adoption of the Secret Ballot21:40
- Images of Mugwumps21:54
- Grover Cleveland23:18
- First Democrat23:23
- Treasury Crisis23:50
- The Money Question24:29
- Sound-Money24:38
- An Era of Chronic Deflation25:02
- Bland-Allison Act of 187825:14
- Coxey's Army25:46
- Jacob Coxey25:48
- The Creation of Government Jobs26:33
- The Issus of Government Bonds26:53
- Assist the Unemployed26:59
- Women and Politics27:49
- National American Woman Suffrage Association28:34
- State Campaigns29:06
- Separate Spheres29:38
- Women and Temperance30:31
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union30:34
- Frances Willard31:00
- Carry Nation32:01
- Prohibition Supporters32:39
- Election of 189633:21
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 189434:20
- J.P. Morgan34:35
- William Jennings Bryan35:07
- Bryan's “Cross of Gold” Speech35:41
- The Democratic Silver Campaign36:07
- The Paralyzing Equilibrium37:22
- “Cross of Gold” Speech37:50
- Laboring Interests38:00
- The Toilers38:02
- Election of 1892 and 189638:43
- McKinley's Consolidation39:12
- Republican Dominance in National Politics39:43
- Example 140:14
- Example 242:55
- Example 345:12
Section 7: Period 7: 1890 - 1945
Progressive Era, Part 1
45m 1s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- Progressivism1:23
- Social Justice2:27
- Industrialization or Urbanization3:32
- Corrupt Government Officials4:02
- Urban Middle Class4:29
- Jane Addams and Hull House4:48
- Jane Addams4:58
- Hull House5:06
- A New Sense of Urgency5:25
- Alleviate Social Problems5:34
- Settlement Movement5:51
- Progressive Ideas6:33
- William James7:19
- Walter Rauschenbusch8:05
- Muckrakers8:36
- Muckrakers9:53
- McClure's and Collier's10:07
- New Kind of Reform10:19
- Progress and Poverty10:48
- Effects of Laissez-Faire Economics11:04
- Inequalities Wealth11:13
- Looking Backward11:28
- A Cooperative Society11:37
- Greater Government Regulation11:47
- How the Other Half Lives12:01
- Jacob A. Riis12:04
- A Danish Immigrant12:06
- Immigrant Ghettoes12:23
- Women Progressives13:17
- Humanitarian Work13:22
- Josephine Shaw Lowell13:28
- National Consumers' League14:10
- A Wave for Protective Laws15:07
- Louis D. Brandeis15:30
- The People's Attorney15:38
- Brandeis Brief16:17
- Supreme Court Justice17:37
- Other Female Reformers17:47
- Margaret Sanger17:52
- American Birth Control League18:23
- National Association of Colored Women18:42
- National Women's Trade Union League18:57
- Suffrage Movement19:22
- The National Woman's Party19:56
- Woman Suffrage Association20:54
- The 19th Amendment21:17
- Images of Suffrage Movement21:45
- Urban Liberalism22:02
- The Needs of the Poor22:08
- Voluntarism23:02
- The Industrial Hazards and Accidents23:35
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire23:49
- New York State Factory Commission26:31
- Tammany27:10
- Cultural Pluralism Embattled27:32
- Progressive Goal28:35
- The Anti-Saloon League29:01
- Populist Ideas Implemented Into Politics30:05
- The Direct Primary31:12
- Initiative31:30
- Referendum31:35
- Recall31:50
- From the State to the Federal Level32:09
- Progressive Governors32:43
- Robert La Follette32:55
- Hiram Johnson33:17
- Theodore Roosevelt33:29
- Woodrow Wilson33:39
- Progressivism and National Politics33:54
- Teddy Roosevelt35:08
- Dakota Territory35:22
- Teddy Roosevelt35:38
- Civil Service Commission35:47
- Secretary of the Navy35:50
- Rough Riders36:15
- Trust Buster36:37
- Square Deal36:38
- Example 136:53
- Example 240:20
- Example 343:07
Progressive Era, Part 2
38m 58s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:04
- TR's Square Deal, 1901-19091:04
- Taking Advantage of Small Business1:21
- Trustbusting and Regulating1:51
- Coal Strike in 19022:34
- Regulating the Railroads3:16
- Interstate Commerce Commission3:20
- Elkins Act in 19034:03
- Hepburn Act in 19044:17
- Regulating Food Industry4:45
- The Jungle5:02
- The Meat Inspection Act in 19067:26
- The Pure Food and Drug Act and FDA7:38
- Slaughterhouse8:11
- The “Trust Buster”?8:42
- Bad Trusts9:47
- Good Trusts9:54
- Other Regulations11:04
- Sherman Antitrust Act11:32
- The Bureau of Corporations12:02
- Northern Securities Company12:14
- Standard Oil, American Tobacco and DuPont12:41
- Teddy's gentlemen's Agreement13:06
- Trans-Missouri Decision13:19
- Gentlemen's Agreement14:36
- The Infant Hercules and the Standard Oil Serpents14:52
- Environmental Regulations15:02
- Environmentalist or Conservationist15:14
- National Parks15:22
- Rational Use of Gifford Pinchot15:51
- National Reclamation Act16:31
- Republican Progressives Fracture16:53
- William Howard Taft17:19
- Payne-Aldrich Act17:46
- Whistle-Blowing on a Conspiracy18:23
- Joseph Cannon18:42
- Congress's Leading Conservative19:01
- Dictator19:06
- The Progressive Faction19:14
- Dissident Faction19:29
- Progressives or Insurgents19:31
- Standard Oil19:51
- Pursued Monopolies20:46
- Progressive Amendments Under Taft20:54
- 16th Amendment21:16
- 17th Amendment21:20
- Roosevelt Strikes Back21:36
- New Nationalism21:38
- Child Labor Law21:53
- Strong As a Bull Moose22:10
- Civil Rights Movement Heats Up22:21
- Booker T. Washington22:38
- Atlanta Compromise23:10
- W.E.B. Du Bois23:41
- The Soul of Black Folk24:06
- Niagara Movement24:58
- William Monroe Trotter25:03
- Niagara Falls25:15
- Comprehensive Education25:30
- The NAACP25:45
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People25:53
- Challenge Unfair Laws26:09
- The Urban League26:31
- Providing Welfare to Black Migrants26:45
- A Network Created27:06
- Woodrow Wilson's “New Freedom”27:25
- A Middle Way that Bears the Powers Of Government27:42
- Place Strict Government Controls on Corporation28:13
- New Freedom28:20
- Triple Wall of Privilege28:26
- The Underwood Tariff Act of 191328:38
- Federal Reserve Act of 191329:07
- The Federal Trade Commission29:34
- The Clayton Antitrust Act of 191430:00
- The Federal Farm Loan Act30:54
- A Federal Child Labor Law31:06
- Example 131:18
- Example 233:18
- Example 336:20
- Example 437:36
The U.S. Becomes a World Power
56m 1s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- The Roots of U.S. Imperialism2:12
- Abandon the Policy of Neutrality4:00
- Upgraded Navy5:04
- The Influences of Sea Power Upon History5:16
- Latin America and Asia8:38
- Economics Interests8:54
- Extractive Economies9:10
- Natural Resources and Raw Material9:49
- GDP Quadrupled and Businesses10:09
- Imperialist Nations11:09
- The Economy of Expansion11:40
- The Purchase of Alaska13:19
- William Seward13:45
- Natural Resources14:19
- U.S. In Asia and in the Pacific15:05
- Commodore Matthew Perry15:14
- Hawaiian Islands16:46
- Midway Islands16:56
- Pearl Harbor17:25
- Perry's Squadron in Japan17:31
- U.S. Possessions in the Pacific17:54
- The U.S. Annexes Hawaii19:05
- Sugar Plantations19:32
- Voting Rights19:39
- McKinley Tariff20:14
- An official U.S. Territory21:41
- William McKinley and Imperialist Influences22:55
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy24:34
- Henry Cabot Lodge24:45
- William Jennings Bryan and Grover Cleveland25:51
- Causes of Spanish-American War26:10
- Spain as a Declining Imperial Power26:32
- Cuban Independence Movement27:42
- Guerilla Tactics28:00
- Yellow Journalism28:52
- Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst29:11
- Yellow Press29:18
- The Maine30:47
- Hearst and Pulitzer31:03
- Cartoon of Hearst and Pulitzer31:04
- You Furnish the Pictures, and I'll furnish the war31:49
- Jingoism32:08
- Maine Blows Up32:32
- War with Spain33:19
- Remember the Maine33:20
- The Teller Amendment33:36
- Enlisted in the Army34:15
- The Duty of the Hour34:36
- Spanish-American Cuban War35:54
- Two Theaters of War37:18
- Commodore Dewey37:20
- The Rough Riders37:46
- Deaths in the War38:17
- Battle of San Juan Hill38:38
- Treaty of Paris and Aftermath38:51
- The U.S. bought Philippines39:04
- An Imperial Power40:18
- Splendid Little War40:48
- U.S. Foreign Policy41:17
- Anti-Imperialist concerns41:39
- Filipinos Rebel Against U.S. Rule43:36
- Emilio Aguinaldo43:58
- An Insurrection Against U.S. Rule44:26
- Death in the Fighting44:52
- U.S. Policy in Puerto Rico and Cuba45:32
- Puerto Rico45:40
- The Foraker Act45:51
- Insular Cases46:58
- The Jones-Shafroth Act47:29
- The Platt Amendment47:56
- The Platt Amendment48:07
- Lease Naval Stations to U.S.48:36
- Cuban Constitution49:14
- Example 150:01
- Example 251:18
- Example 353:21
U.S. Foreign Policy Under Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
47m 55s
- Intro0:00
- Overview1:06
- Roosevelt's “Big Stick” Policy2:21
- Strong Military Action4:35
- Civilize or Uplift Weaker Nations5:00
- Anglo-American Friendship5:42
- Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick6:45
- The U.S. Builds the Panama Canal7:57
- Ferdinand de Lesseps8:08
- Panama Route9:16
- Declared its Independence9:25
- Canal Zone9:38
- The Panama Canal9:52
- Commanding Commercial and Strategic Position10:12
- Control Malaria10:41
- Combat Several Tropical Diseases11:04
- Panama Canal11:24
- Roosevelt Corollary11:47
- Age of Economic Imperialism12:11
- Police Power13:25
- Latin Americans' Reactions14:34
- Aggressive Form with Mr. Roosevelt15:27
- Sovereignty and Liberty of Nicaraguans15:33
- U.S. Pursues Interests in China16:10
- Spheres of Influence17:34
- Secretary of State John Hay18:35
- Spheres of Influence19:05
- Chinese Response to Imperialism20:24
- The Boxer Rebellion20:42
- Western Devils21:28
- U.S. and Japanese Troops21:55
- Hay Reaffirms the Open Door Policy22:26
- Support Chinese Students22:37
- A Trade Relationship22:57
- Scholarships for Chinese Students23:02
- Tensions Between U.S. and Japan Rise23:36
- The Spheres of Influence in China23:44
- A Peace Treaty24:17
- The Root-Takahira Agreement of 190025:02
- Anti-Asian Backlash in the U.S.25:21
- Prejudice Against Asian-Americans26:09
- Gentlemen's Agreement26:58
- Taft's Dollar Diplomacy27:18
- Increase U.S. Investments in Businesses27:51
- The Rationale28:36
- Chinese Revolution29:17
- Woodrow Wilson Shifts the Foreign Policy29:52
- Anti-Imperialist William Jennings Bryan30:57
- Moral Diplomacy31:17
- Agreement with Haiti32:15
- Dominican Republic and Mexico32:35
- U.S. and Mexican Revolution32:43
- Caudillos and Coup d'etats33:46
- Counsel Mexico for its Own Good34:47
- Venustiano Carranza35:08
- U.S. “Punitive Expedition”35:50
- Francisco Poncho Villa and Emiliano Zapata35:58
- Punitive Expedition37:10
- Tension Were Brewing in Europe37:55
- Triple Alliance and Dual Alliance38:24
- Triple Entente38:44
- The Apostle of Peace39:50
- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente40:13
- International Efforts for Peace40:29
- Hague Peace Conference of 189940:31
- Erosion of the Nation's Sovereignty40:47
- Cooling Off Treaties40:59
- Example 141:32
- Example 243:33
- Example 346:03
The Great War
45m 12s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Causes of the Great War0:47
- A Brutal War Between European Nations2:32
- Franco-Prussian War3:02
- Nationalism3:28
- Europe Map, 19144:40
- Assassination Hurtles Europe Toward WW16:11
- Archduke Francis Ferdinand6:24
- Young Bosnia7:57
- Kaiser William II8:41
- Fighting Breaks Out8:56
- Ultimatum9:07
- Austria-Hungary Declares War9:22
- Pan-Slavism9:26
- Trench Warfare and Deadly Weapons10:28
- No Man's Land11:32
- War of Attrition11:47
- Western Front12:09
- Modern Weapons12:47
- Wilson Urges For Neutrality13:09
- U.S. Exceptionalism13:29
- Isolationists, Interventionists and the Internationalists15:10
- Key Events in 1915 and 191615:57
- No Longer Attack Passenger Ships Without Warning16:17
- German Invasion of Neutral Belgium16:29
- A Slim Margin17:03
- Early Anti-War Sentiments17:30
- Domestic Divisions17:40
- Cancellation of Irish Home Rule17:48
- Robert La Follette of Wisconsin and George Norris of NE18:08
- Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford18:59
- Pro-War Propaganda19:08
- Wilson Abandons Neutrality20:43
- Blockade Against Britain20:48
- Lusitania21:13
- Sussex22:30
- The National Defense Act22:48
- The Naval Construction Act22:52
- Sinking of Lusitania23:00
- The Zimmermann Note23:27
- Germans Proposed an Alliance with Mexico23:39
- Intercepted Telegram23:58
- Unrestricted Submarine Warfare24:07
- The Home Front24:21
- The Lives of Ordinary Americans24:58
- Conscription25:10
- Doughboys25:46
- Slackers25:53
- We Want You!26:03
- Wartime Economy27:24
- War Industries Board28:15
- Bernard Baruch28:26
- The Food Administration28:47
- The Committee on Public Information29:18
- George Creel Directed the CPI30:02
- More Propaganda Posters and Songs31:12
- Opposition and Hope For Minorities33:57
- Conscientious Objectors34:19
- Women's Peace Party34:39
- The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom34:46
- Segregated Regiments35:25
- Crackdown on Dissent37:28
- Espionage Act38:18
- The Sedition Act38:46
- Example 139:39
- Example 240:39
- Example 342:50
The End of the Great War, Its Effect, and The Interwar Period
40m 27s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:08
- The War Changes U.S. Society1:02
- More Opportunities for Women2:15
- American Women's Hospital Service2:50
- The Great Migration4:07
- Race Riots4:19
- Barrios4:44
- Protesters Finally Reach Their Goal4:52
- Great Migration5:32
- Wilson , War and Peace6:46
- Entering the War6:50
- Convoying8:21
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk9:07
- The End of the War9:48
- Eddie Rickenbacker9:55
- Compiegne, France10:47
- Casualties11:10
- Armistice11:23
- “Peace Without Victory”11:59
- The Morality of the Allied12:11
- Fourteen Points12:47
- League of Nations13:55
- Paris Peace Conference14:26
- Paris Peace Conference14:32
- A Peace Settlement that Punished Germany14:40
- War Guilt14:52
- The League of Nations as Part of the Treaty16:02
- Map, 191816:37
- Many U.S. Citizens Reject Treaty17:45
- Irreconcilables17:54
- Reservationists18:27
- Article X viewed as Unconstitutional18:48
- The Aftermath of the War20:04
- Isolationism20:20
- Red Scare20:58
- A Creditor Nation22:32
- Schenck v. United States, 191922:42
- Violation of the Espionage Act22:58
- Justice Wendell Holmes22:41
- Tools for Suppression24:04
- Stamping Out Radicalism24:29
- International Workers of the World24:39
- Eugene Debs24:58
- Emma Goldman25:16
- Margaret Sanger25:37
- Federal Bureau of Investigation26:04
- Red Scare26:42
- USSR26:47
- Palmer Raids27:02
- American Civil Liberties Union28:04
- ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union28:12
- Freedom of Speech and Expression28:21
- On Behalf of the American People28:42
- Sacco and Vanzetti29:09
- Trial for Murder29:36
- Defense Counsel29:43
- The Fairness of the Trial30:35
- Shift From Idealism to Normalcy31:41
- Return to Normalcy32:11
- Suppressed by Federal Troops32:33
- The Supreme Court32:42
- Example 133:07
- Example 235:53
- Example 337:45
- Example 438:49
The Interwar Period
47m 7s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- Conservative Presidents2:45
- Harding's Presidency2:50
- Herbert Hoover3:37
- Republican-Dominated FTC4:22
- Calvin Coolidge4:41
- A Strong Pro-Business Stance4:52
- New Tax Cut5:14
- Interior Albert Fall5:52
- Mixed Economic Development6:45
- Postwar Recession6:53
- A Consumer Culture8:25
- Overproduction9:08
- Inflation9:28
- Consumer Culture9:41
- A New Pop Culture10:23
- Radios10:28
- Duke Ellington11:00
- New Consumer Goods11:58
- New Journalism12:18
- Images of the 1920s12:40
- The Jazz Age and “Modern” Culture12:55
- African Americans13:03
- Rebel Against Their Elders13:57
- Popular Heroes14:22
- Bath Ruth14:37
- Charles Lindbergh15:08
- First Solo Non-Stop Flight15:20
- New Literature: Stream of Consciousness15:37
- Gertrude Stein15:59
- The Waste Land16:46
- Victorian Era Culture17:10
- Art and Architecture18:00
- Art Deco Style18:07
- Edward Hopper18:38
- George Gershwin18:51
- Automat19:43
- Gender Roles, Family and Education20:00
- Flappers21:02
- Influence of Sigmund Freud21:42
- The New Woman22:57
- The Women's Joint Congressional Committee23:38
- The League of Women Voters24:03
- Women in the 1920s24:32
- Pop Culture25:10
- Leisure Time in Rural and Urban Areas25:15
- The Jazz Singer25:33
- Tin Pan Alley26:20
- Fox Trot and Charleston26:33
- Harlem Renaissance26:40
- A Cultural Identity with African Roots26:53
- NYC's Harlem27:09
- New Negro27:30
- Marcus Garvey and UNIA28:25
- Garvey Advocated Black Separatism28:57
- Four Million Followers29:18
- Negro World29:27
- Mail Fraud29:50
- Prohibition and Crime30:13
- 18th Amendment30:16
- Volstead Act30:46
- Lucrative Bootlegging Trade31:28
- The Noble Experiment31:43
- Drys32:06
- Wets32:10
- Bathtub Gin32:25
- Roaring Twenties32:58
- Nativism, Pluralism and Racism34:02
- Mass Media34:53
- National Origins Act35:43
- Birth of a Nation36:50
- Fundamentalism and Modernism37:40
- The Monkey Trial38:15
- The Trial of John T. Scopes38:42
- Example 139:39
- Example 241:58
- Example 343:39
- Example 445:07
The Foreign Policy During the Interwar Years, The Great Depression and The First New Deal
34m 4s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Foreign Policy in the 1920s0:48
- A Retreat to Isolationism1:09
- Expansion of New Markets1:14
- United Fruit Company1:47
- The Dawes Plan2:09
- Reparation Payment2:22
- Financial Problems on Both Sides of the Atlantic2:46
- 1929 Stock Market Crash2:57
- The Pursuit of Peace3:42
- Kellogg-Briand Pact of 19284:22
- A Policy of Disarmament4:38
- League of Nations4:47
- The Causes of the Great Depression4:59
- Business Cycle5:36
- Black Thursday6:35
- The Agricultural Sector7:04
- THE GDP Fell7:22
- Weak Farm Economy7:42
- The Unequal Distribution of Wealth8:26
- Herbert Hoover8:52
- The Stock Market Crashed9:32
- Expand Public Works Spending9:44
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation9:49
- Hoover's Policies10:24
- Rugged Individualism10:35
- Hawley Smoot Tariff11:17
- The Revenue Act of 193212:11
- The Scapegoat for the Depression12:25
- Debt Moratorium12:58
- Tough Times and Hoovervilles13:08
- Election of 193214:02
- The Three Rs14:38
- A New Form of Liberalism14:57
- Social Welfare15:24
- Anti-Poverty Programs15:56
- The First Hundred Days16:19
- 100-Day Long Special Session18:28
- Bank Holiday18:42
- Optimism of a Nation19:04
- Emergency Banking Act19:40
- Homeowners Loan Corporation19:52
- Glass-Steagall Act20:12
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation20:20
- Alphabet Agencies20:32
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration21:06
- Work Relief Over Cash Subsidies21:22
- Inflationary21:41
- International Gold Standard22:15
- The Securities and Exchange Commission22:26
- The Banking Act of 193522:38
- NIRA and NRA22:57
- National Industrial Recovery Act23:02
- National Recovery Administration23:08
- Government Approved Codes23:40
- Outlawed Child Labor24:00
- Other Programs24:21
- Public Works Administration24:29
- Civilian Conservation Corps25:33
- Tennessee Valley Authority25:58
- TVA26:25
- CCC26:45
- PWA27:11
- Example 127:35
- Example 229:55
- Example 332:30
The Second New Deal
48m 10s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- New Deal Under Attack1:21
- Liberty League1:49
- Schechter v. United States3:10
- Unconstitutional Codes Created by NIRA3:39
- Father Charles Coughlin4:31
- Father Francis Townsend4:54
- Senator Huey Long5:25
- Share Our Wealth Society5:37
- Critiques From the Left6:14
- The New Deal6:17
- Nationalization of Businesses7:25
- United States v. Butler7:35
- The Second New Deal7:45
- Townsend's, Coughlin's and Long's Programs8:12
- Works Progress Administration8:30
- The Labor Movement9:05
- The Promise of the New Deal9:17
- New Deal Murals9:48
- New Deal Programs10:12
- The Second New Deal10:50
- The National Labor Relations Act10:51
- National Labor Relations Board11:01
- Social Security Act11:15
- Categorical Assistance Programs11:47
- W.P.A12:29
- 1936 Politics14:17
- Solid South14:36
- Judicial Reorganization Bill15:32
- The Wagner Act and SSA16:02
- New Economic Policy: Deficit Spending16:40
- John Maynard Keynes16:51
- Deficit Spendings16:55
- Purposeful Government Intervention17:23
- Ended the Great Depression18:01
- John Maynard Keynes18:34
- Economist18:43
- The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money18:46
- The Rise of Unions and the CIO18:53
- John L. Lewis19:25
- The Congress of Industrial Organization19:36
- One Union19:48
- Steel Workers Organize20:15
- Strikes20:32
- Collective Bargaining20:33
- Resisted Union Demands20:35
- Effects of the New Deal21:18
- Expansion of the Federal Bureaucracy21:20
- Steel Workers Organizing Committee21:47
- Fair Labor Standards Act22:25
- Effects and Eleanor Roosevelt23:32
- A Recession23:57
- Government Policy24:05
- Eleanor Roosevelt24:28
- Eleanor Roosevelt25:56
- The Postwar Era26:44
- My Day27:14
- Press Conferences for Female Reporters27:22
- Anti-Lynching Campaigns27:34
- The Right to Organize28:00
- Images of Eleanor Roosevelt28:26
- Supporters of New Deal29:34
- Activist Executive Branch29:44
- The First Female Cabinet Member30:23
- Indian Reorganization Act31:33
- Mary McLeod Bethune and Amelia Earhart32:04
- A Member of the Advisory Committee of the NYA32:14
- Lady Lindy33:00
- New Deal Critics33:21
- Unemployment Rate33:37
- The Federal Deficit33:57
- A Critical View34:57
- Discrimination of Minorities35:09
- Okies35:20
- Cesar Chavez35:39
- National Farmworkers Association36:22
- Chinese Exclusion Act37:06
- The Tydings-McDuffie Act37:18
- The Scottsboro Case37:45
- The Dust Bowl38:50
- Severe Drought38:55
- The Grapes of Wrath39:44
- Dust Bowl Map39:55
- Dust Cloud40:31
- Farmer and Family, Dust Bowl40:44
- Example 141:03
- Example 242:51
- Example 344:36
- Example 446:29
World War II
55m 16s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:05
- Isolationist Foreign Policy of 1930s1:13
- The Washington Conference1:28
- Stimson Doctrine2:48
- Kellogg-Briand Pact3:39
- Good Neighbor Policy4:10
- The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act4:43
- The Nye Commission5:10
- Investigation of the Munitions Industry5:16
- A Senate Committee5:32
- Non-Interventionist Movement6:14
- Neutrality Act6:17
- Quarantine Speech6:45
- Aggressive Militarism and Fascism Abroad7:03
- Treaty of Versailles8:17
- Lightening War9:40
- Withdrew from the League of Nations10:38
- Rome-Berlin Axis10:55
- Nazi Germany11:18
- Aggressive Militarism and Fascism Abroad11:39
- Ineffectiveness of League of Nations11:56
- Sinking of Panay13:13
- Appeasement13:32
- Before U.S. Enter War14:49
- Charles Beard15:11
- Four Essential Freedoms16:09
- Lend-Lease Act17:19
- The Atlantic Charter17:33
- “Four Freedoms” by Norman Rockwell18:10
- Attack on Pearl Harbor18:35
- The Bombing of Pearl Harbor18:46
- A Date Which Will Live in Infamy18:53
- Organizing for Total War20:03
- War Powers Act20:10
- War Production Board21:40
- Miracle Man21:02
- The Office of War Information22:11
- Wartime Propaganda22:33
- We Can Do It!23:04
- Large Scale Propaganda23:06
- Rosie the Riveter23:48
- Depression-Era Unemployment Disappeared24:34
- Unionized Jobs25:00
- Smith-Connally Labor Act25:05
- National War Labor Board25:18
- John Lewis25:31
- Internal Migration25:42
- Civil Rights Concerns26:12
- Negro Labor Relations League26:37
- Double V Campaign27:38
- A. Philip Randolph28:20
- League of United Latin American Citizens29:17
- Double V and Civil Rights29:32
- Effects on Minorities29:57
- The Status of Chinese Americans30:00
- Japanese immigrants30:08
- Zoot Suit31:33
- Japanese Internment32:26
- Executive order 906632:34
- Korematsu v. United States33:34
- Ex Parte Endo Case33:51
- A Public Apology34:34
- Map of Relocation Camps34:47
- Manzanar Today35:21
- Instructions Posters35:49
- Major Military Events During WWII36:09
- Major Defeats on U.S. Forces36:18
- Battle of Coral Sea36:54
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower37:37
- General Douglas MacArthur37:30
- D-Day Invasion37:57
- Pacific Theatre38:15
- European Theatre39:25
- European Theatre, VE Day40:39
- The End of War in Europe41:46
- Final Solution of the Jewish Question41:58
- A War Refuge Board43:09
- United Nations43:35
- The Holocaust43:46
- Mass Extermination of Jews43:56
- Genocide of 6 Million Jews44:12
- In the Pacific45:36
- Island Hopping46:12
- Navajo Troops46:29
- Heavy Causalities46:39
- The Manhattan Project47:17
- Example 147:50
- Example 249:18
- Example 351:00
- Example 452:20
The End of World War II and Cold War America
51m 21s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- The End of World War II1:48
- The Big Three Met at the Yalta Conference1:58
- Free and Unfettered Elections2:40
- Iron Curtain3:15
- 2 Major Issues: Independence Movement in India3:49
- The Big Three4:48
- The Outcome of Yalta5:26
- Four Administrative Zones5:37
- United Nations Established That Would Have Security Council5:48
- Berlin Was Also Partitioned6:42
- Germany Divided Berlin Partitioned6:48
- FDR Dies and Truman as President7:14
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Couldn't Finish Presidency Term7:30
- Truman Took Over Presidency7:45
- Truman Chose to Use Bomb7:55
- Issued Warning to Surrender or Face Utter and Complete Destruction8:14
- Japanese Would Fight to Death Rather Than Surrender9:00
- Need Quick Way to End the War9:46
- Atomic Bomb10:12
- The Manhattan Project10:29
- Top-Secret Plan10:35
- J. Robert Oppenheimer10:44
- General Leslie Groves10:55
- First Atomic Bomb Successfully Tested11:05
- Other Factors that Influenced Truman11:17
- Potsdam with Stalin11:22
- U.S. Cryptographers12:02
- Why Did U.S. Decide to Flex It's Nuclear Muscle12:08
- The End of the War13:26
- U.S. Dropped Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima but No Japanese Response13:45
- Radiation Poisoning14:04
- Dropped a Second Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki14:39
- Emperor Hirohito Forced to Surrender14:51
- Peace Treaty15:10
- Number of Casualties15:20
- Postwar Devastation16:00
- The Cold War16:38
- What is the Cold War?16:56
- Two Countries Primarily Involved17:21
- Joseph Stalin17:43
- A Security Zone of Friendly Government17:54
- Yalta Conference: Sphere of Influence18:15
- No Move to Hold the Elections18:43
- Cold War in Europe19:01
- Potsdam Conference19:53
- President Harry Truman Decided U.S. Had to Take a Hard Line Against Soviet Expansion19:59
- Truman Took a Stance to Use Tough Methods21:14
- Allies Agreed to Disarm and Dismantle Germany21:57
- Baruch Plan22:11
- Baruch Plan22:27
- Failure of Baruch Plan22:37
- A Frenzied Nuclear Arms Race22:54
- Eastern Bloc Countries23:18
- Map of Eastern Bloc Areas23:19
- Winston Churchill23:32
- The Iron Curtain23:39
- George Kennan and Containment Policy24:24
- One of the First Policies: Containment Policy24:30
- U.S. Increasingly Perceived Soviet Expansion as a Threat24:42
- The Most Influential Proponent24:54
- Communist Guerrillas25:00
- Truman Doctrine25:30
- Large Scale Military and Economic Assistance25:40
- Domino Theory26:05
- Marshall Plan and Containment26:34
- Containment26:44
- Plan to Help Rebuild War-Torn Europe26:55
- Discontentment Encouraged the Communist27:09
- George Marshall and Economic Aid27:17
- Eastern Euros Refused Aid27:43
- Opposition in U.S. Congress27:50
- Motives of Marshall Plan28:21
- map of Czechoslovakia 1918-199228:29
- Foreign Policy in Mid East29:16
- Zionist Leaders29:21
- Truman Recognized the State29:51
- Gamal Abdel Nasser Nationalizes the Suez30:04
- Arab Nationalism30:30
- Britain, France, Israel Attack Egypt30:41
- Berlin Airlift in 194830:52
- Attempt to Push Out Allies31:30
- A Program of Economic Reform in West Berlin31:42
- A Symbol of Resistance to Communism31:52
- Containment in Asia32:45
- Civil War in China32:51
- Truman Attempted to Provide Funds33:14
- The People's Republic of China33:35
- Red China33:56
- Fall of China34:08
- Diplomatic Nonentity34:37
- The Korean War34:55
- Korean War, 1950-195335:46
- The Map35:47
- Republican Challenge of Truman's Conduct of the War37:26
- Truman Fired MacArthur37:45
- An Armistice Was Signed and Korea was Divided37:56
- NATO and Warsaw Pact38:20
- Truman Era38:29
- Government and Consumer Spending38:42
- Civilian Production38:54
- The Office of Price Administration39:02
- Example: Strikes Closed Down Business in Numerous Cities39:29
- Backlash Against Unionism: Truman Ended a Strike by the United Mine Workers39:39
- Taft-Hartley Act40:03
- Taft-Hartley Act40:08
- Vetoed the Bill40:25
- The Secondary Boycott and Union Shop40:35
- Democrats Split40:46
- Henry Wallace40:55
- Strom Thurmond41:00
- Election of 194841:09
- Domestic Issues During the Truman Era41:34
- The Fair Deal42:01
- New Deal's Liberalism42:11
- Possibility of a Higher standard of Living and Benefits for Americans42:46
- Liberal Consensus43:09
- The National Housing Act of 194943:55
- What Was Blocked43:58
- Executive Order 9981 Ends Segregation in Military in July of 194844:14
- Example 144:35
- Example 247:15
- Example 348:50
Section 8: Period 8: 1945-1980
The Red Scare and The Eisenhower Years
49m 4s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- The Second Red Scare1:31
- The House of Un-American Activities Committee2:35
- The Movie Industry3:24
- Senator Joseph McCarthy5:01
- Alger Hiss and HUAC5:51
- Alger Hiss5:52
- Whittaker Chambers6:04
- Richard Nixon6:33
- Anti-Communist Hysteria6:51
- Anti-Communist Hysteria and McCarthyism7:24
- Resigned under Pressure8:29
- McCarran Internal Security Act9:17
- Investigate Subversion in the U.S. Army10:22
- Anti-Communism11:03
- The Red Scare12:33
- Protest of HUAC and “Red Channels”13:24
- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg13:49
- Julius14:09
- Electrocution14:17
- Dwight D. Eisenhower14:55
- Modern Republicanism15:42
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration17:29
- The New Look Army18:59
- Social Security19:32
- Termination19:47
- The Highway Act of 195620:14
- A Broad Liberal Consensus20:47
- Promoted Tourism21:23
- Nuclear Missiles21:31
- The Space Race22:23
- The New Look in Foreign Policy23:35
- A Massive Nuclear Arsenal23:50
- U-2 Spy Plane25:03
- Hungarian Revolt25:45
- Containment the Third World25:59
- SEATO26:19
- A Coup of Arbenz27:38
- Proxy Wars28:15
- Domino Theory28:48
- Decolonization of the Third World28:52
- Containment in the Post-Colonial World30:06
- The Containment Policy30:17
- Failed to Recognize Indigenous or Nationalist Movements30:31
- Dictatorships or Repressive Right-Wing Regimes31:41
- U.S. Global Defense Treaties in Cold War32:23
- SEATO and The Role of the CIA33:07
- South Asia Treaty Organization33:20
- Central Intelligence Agency33:20
- Lebanon33:59
- Containment Policy34:10
- Overthrow Iran's Premier34:28
- Guatemala34:31
- Geneva Accords34:44
- Domino Theory35:07
- Military Industrial Complex35:30
- Eisenhower's Farewell Address35:46
- Military Industrial Complex35:46
- Military Industrial Map36:51
- Spending Graph37:31
- Example 137:59
- Example 240:44
- Example 343:25
- Example 446:00
Postwar Prosperity and The 'Other' America
51m 55s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Economic Realities2:08
- Huge Economic Growth2:15
- Postwar Boom2:53
- Defense Spending and Domestic Programs3:10
- Acceptance of Collective Bargaining3:23
- Rise in Gross Domestic Product3:52
- The Affluent Society4:01
- Or the “Other” America5:14
- U.S. Affluence5:22
- John Kenneth Galbraith5:37
- The Other America6:16
- Michael Harrington6:51
- Bretton Woods System7:06
- Third World Countries7:19
- The World Bank8:08
- The International Monetary Fund9:10
- Strongest Currency9:45
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade10:00
- Fixed Exchange Rates10:17
- Economic Trends in the 1950s10:54
- Consolidation of Corporations Continued10:59
- Rise in Consumerism11:43
- General Electric12:24
- Suburban Living14:01
- Levittowns14:14
- Henry J. Kaiser15:09
- The Federal Housing Administration15:18
- Veterans Administration15:22
- Levittowns and Tract Housing16:13
- Negative Effects of Suburbanization16:34
- The Downside of Suburbanization16:52
- Restrictive Covenants18:03
- Shelley v. Kramer18:34
- Changing Demographics18:52
- Baby Boom! “Gotta Make Up for Lost Time”19:33
- Highway Expansion20:27
- National Interstate and Defense Highways Act20:33
- Mass Transit Systems20:39
- City “Life Belts” and Car Culture21:23
- The Emerging Civil Rights Movement21:53
- Civil Rights Challenges23:36
- The NAACP23:47
- Thurgood Marshall24:06
- Linda Brown24:23
- Brown v. Board of Education, 195425:54
- Plessy case25:20
- Racial Segregation in Schools and other Public Facilities26:24
- Violates the 14th Amendment26:36
- “Massive Resistance” Against the Case27:33
- A Southern Manifesto28:08
- KKK28:41
- Governor Orval Faubus of AR28:47
- Southern Universities29:18
- Segregationists and the Little Rock Nine29:35
- Nonviolent Protest and Civil Disobedience30:31
- Rosa Parks30:38
- A Local Segregation Ordinance30:53
- A Boycott of Montgomery's Bus System31:16
- Social Critics: The Beats32:40
- Rejected Conventional Society33:10
- Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg33:40
- The Springboard for the Counterculture Movement33:49
- Be-Bop Jazz34:03
- Improvisational34:14
- Bebop Musicians35:06
- Other Culture Dissenters35:19
- Alienation from Mainstream Society35:22
- Abstract Expressionism35:30
- Jackson Pollock35:41
- Pop Art35:53
- Aspects of Mass Media36:05
- Mundane Cultural Objects36:10
- Andy Warhol36:14
- TV Culture and Rock and Roll36:33
- Television Sets36:39
- Rock and Roll37:09
- 1950s: Conformity or Rebellion?38:53
- Women's Issues in the 1950s40:14
- Feminine Mystique40:41
- Motherhood41:16
- Glass Ceiling42:04
- The Feminine Mystique42:24
- Other Policies and Demographic Changes43:05
- Operation Wetback43:09
- Puerto Ricans43:36
- Second Migration44:04
- Immigration and Nationality Act44:28
- The Second Migration, 1940-197044:52
- Other Demographic Changes45:15
- Inner Cities Declined45:25
- Suburban Affluence and the “Other America”45:30
- Example 145:49
- Example 246:42
- Example 348:07
- Example 450:33
1960s, The Kennedy Years and The Liberal Consensus
55m 17s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- John F. Kennedy1:17
- The New Frontier Program1:51
- TV Debates3:13
- First Catholic President4:15
- Liberal Initiatives4:55
- Bay of Pigs5:19
- Funding for NASA6:19
- Alan Shepard6:49
- John Glenn6:56
- The Bay of Pigs Incident7:02
- U.S.-Cuban Relations7:39
- Castro Nationalized U.S. Owned Banks7:46
- CIA8:26
- Surrendered Within 24 Hours of Fighting9:24
- Cold War and Bay of Pigs9:43
- JFK: Cold Warrior10:06
- Turned to the USSR10:10
- The Berlin Wall10:29
- Cuban Missile Crisis11:05
- Nuclear Warfare11:41
- Flexible Response12:34
- The Civil Rights Movements Stirs13:58
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee14:17
- CORE16:19
- Attorney General Robert Kennedy16:45
- Bull Connors17:12
- Freedom Rides Map17:41
- Notorious Police Brutality Under “Bull Connors”18:36
- Civil Rights Movement19:13
- Kennedy's Response20:08
- Promise Civil Rights Legislation Banning Discrimination in Public20:09
- Second Emancipation Proclamation20:32
- MLK Jr.'s Response21:49
- A Massive Civil Rights21:56
- I Have a Dream22:08
- Civil Rights in the 1960s22:50
- More Radical22:57
- Southern Senators23:16
- Birmingham23:27
- Black Nationalism23:43
- Black Separatism24:32
- Uncle Tom25:16
- Black Muslims26:44
- Malcolm X27:43
- Nation Justice28:43
- Hajj29:22
- Pan-African Unity29:44
- Black Power30:42
- Stokely Carmichael31:12
- Honorary Prime Minister32:26
- Pan-Africanist32:33
- Black Panthers33:03
- Cesar Chaves, Farm Workers and Chicanos34:04
- Chavez and Dolores Huerta34:25
- United Farm Workers34:48
- La Causa35:58
- Chavez, Huerta and UFW36:26
- MAPA, Chicano Movement, Brown Berets37:19
- Mexican American Political Association37:30
- Brown Berets38:00
- Chicano38:14
- Bilingual Education38:45
- American Indian Movement (AIM)39:46
- Red Power39:51
- A Siege at Wounded Knee40:40
- We Shall Remain41:20
- Peace Corps41:30
- Third World Countries41:47
- Agency for International Development and the Alliance of Progress42:06
- The Liberal Warren Court43:14
- Mapp v. Ohio43:55
- Gideon v. Wainwright44:03
- Escobedo v. Illinois44:12
- Miranda v. Arizona44:22
- Engel v. Vitale45:04
- Griswold v. Connecticut45:29
- Baker v. Carr45:53
- One Man, One Vote46:08
- Beginning of Vietnam War46:22
- Green Berets47:10
- A Military Coup47:20
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy48:07
- Lee Harvey Oswald48:17
- Lyndon B. Johnson49:33
- Example 149:54
- Example 251:47
- Example 353:37
Lyndon B. Johnson, Civil Rights, and The Vietnam War
52m 54s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:09
- Lyndon B. Johnson1:55
- A Huge Expansions of Social Welfare Programs2:41
- The Civil Rights Act3:39
- Title VII4:01
- 1964 Election4:58
- Lyndon B. Johnson5:52
- The Civil Rights Act6:10
- Expansion of Civil Rights Movement6:26
- A Voting Rights Act6:28
- Freedom Summer6:44
- 15 Civil Rights Workers7:25
- From Selma to Montgomery7:32
- Freedom Summer7:49
- March in Selma9:10
- Bloody Sunday9:17
- The Voting Rights Act10:53
- The 24th Amendment's Outlawing of the Federal Poll tax11:35
- Voter Registration in the South12:00
- Watts Riots: “Burn Baby, Burn”12:40
- Voting Rights Act12:43
- Arrested a Young Black Motorist13:34
- Legislation During LBJ Years15:03
- War on Poverty15:45
- Long-Established Social Insurance Programs16:24
- The Office of Economic Opportunity Act of 196416:57
- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 196517:46
- Influential Books of the 1960s18:19
- War on Poverty20:02
- Legislation During LBJ Years20:43
- Medicare for the Elderly and Medicaid for the Poor20:47
- National Endowment for the Arts20:57
- The Highway Beautification Act21:15
- Wartime Inflation22:10
- 10% Surcharge on Income Taxes22:18
- LBJ Escalates the Vietnam War23:18
- A Quagmire23:55
- The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution24:40
- The Americanization of the War25:00
- Operation Rolling Thunder25:24
- US Soldiers in Vietnam26:06
- War of Attrition26:44
- U.S. Military Personnel in S. Vietnam26:57
- The Anti-War Movement27:16
- Public Opinion Turn Against the War27:22
- The Impact of the Television27:27
- Credibility Gap28:11
- Television War and Image of Vietnam War28:50
- The New Left Movement29:14
- Implement a Broad Range of Reforms29:22
- Students for a Democratic Society29:42
- Michigan30:05
- Port Huron Statement30:11
- Students for a Democratic Society30:21
- Tom Hayden30:25
- The Port Huron Statement30:27
- Free Speech Movement30:56
- The Selective Service System31:37
- Closed Down Induction Centers31:55
- Stop the Draft Week33:03
- The Siege on the Pentagon33:05
- National Organization of Women33:21
- Betty Friedan33:51
- Women's Rights and Equality33:57
- The Counterculture34:15
- Hippies35:07
- Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan35:41
- Acid Rock36:29
- Woodstock37:06
- Images of Woodstock37:15
- 1968: A Watershed Year37:55
- Tet Offensive38:34
- My Lai Massacre39:08
- Antiwar Platform39:46
- Tet Offensive40:03
- 196840:20
- MLK was Assassinated40:23
- Robert F. Kennedy41:14
- RFK Assassination41:31
- Democratic Convention in Chicago41:45
- Democratic Convention 196842:02
- Backlash: Conservatism42:26
- Protest and Dissent42:34
- George Wallace42:56
- Silent Majority42:39
- Richard Nixon Elected43:39
- Example 144:23
- Example 246:55
- Example 349:53
The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon and The End of the Vietnam War
35m 50s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Richard Nixon1:32
- Office of Price Administration in Washington1:50
- Republican Representative1:58
- Alger Hiss Case2:26
- Winding Down the Vietnam War2:33
- No-Win Situation3:26
- Cambodia3:42
- Withdrawing from the War4:24
- Vietnam War vets4:48
- Violence at Kent State University6:00
- Ohio6:16
- National Guard6:28
- Images of Kent State6:57
- Nixon's Trip to China and the Cold War7:16
- A Bold Move7:31
- A Policy of Diplomacy7:53
- Ping-pong Diplomacy8:25
- Detente8:55
- Vietnamization9:15
- Detente9:50
- Henry Kissinger10:15
- National Security Advisor10:22
- Realpolitik10:25
- Nixon and Brezhnev10:57
- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty11:08
- Antiballistic Missiles11:19
- ICBMS or SLBMS11:24
- The Silent Majority Speaks Out11:49
- Brown v. Board of Education12:48
- Miller v. California14:00
- Milliken v. Bradley14:36
- 1972 Election15:02
- Disarray15:14
- George McGovern15:35
- Southern Strategy16:10
- George Wallace16:52
- Nixon and Civil Rights17:12
- Dixicrats17:24
- Warren Burger17:57
- Harry Blackmun18:24
- Domestic Policies18:38
- Inflation Problems and Economic Problems18:49
- Revenue Sharing19:14
- More Control of Where Federal Funding Allocated19:16
- Regulatory Laws Passed19:26
- Clean Air Act20:30
- Occupational Health and Safety Act20:33
- Water Pollution Control Act20:41
- Endangered Species Act20:50
- The Fall of Richard Nixon21:16
- Enemies21:57
- Imperial Presidency22:32
- Pentagon Papers23:06
- National Security23:45
- Theft, Conspiracy and Espionage25:06
- Nixon and the Plumbers25:11
- A Secret Special Unit26:18
- Illegal Campaigns25:31
- The Democratic National Committee Offices25:52
- Cover-up26:04
- The Tapes and the Cover-up26:23
- Illegal Deeds26:56
- Impeachment Hearings27:09
- First President to Resign27:23
- War Power Act27:37
- Reined in the Powers of President27:50
- Congressional Approval28:00
- Example 128:45
- Example 229:56
- Example 333:01
1970s, Ford and Carter
44m 35s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Gerald Ford: President After Nixon Resigns1:19
- Stagflation2:02
- Whip Inflation Now2:06
- Highlights of Ford Presidency2:20
- Oil Embargo After Yom Kippur War2:47
- Politicized OPEC3:04
- Yom Kippur War3:19
- Declared Oil Embargo on U.S.3:34
- OPEC Oil Embargo3:50
- 400% Increase in Oil Prices4:08
- Oil Price Shock4:14
- Long Lines at Gas Stations4:38
- Economic Decline4:59
- Japanese Cars5:08
- Speed Limit5:36
- Stagflation6:00
- Ford's Foreign Policy6:22
- Helsinki Accords6:28
- Limit Arms6:40
- Accused of Engineering the Assassination of Foreign Leaders6:53
- George Bush7:02
- Jimmy Carter, 1976-19807:28
- Granted Amnesty8:43
- Domestic Challenges9:00
- Crisis in Confidence9:40
- Images of Jimmy Carter10:33
- Gas Shortages and Energy Crisis11:14
- Gas Prices Soared11:19
- Raise Taxes on Crude Oil11:55
- People's Lack of Faith in Government12:06
- Energy Consumption12:15
- Taking On Inflation12:40
- Paul Volcker12:47
- An End to Inflation12:52
- Three Mile Island13:01
- Nuclear Power Spill13:05
- No New Nuclear Plants14:09
- 20% of all U.S. Power14:13
- Goldsboro, PA14:28
- Nervous Humor14:38
- Carter's Foreign Policy15:25
- Realism15:30
- Repressive Regimes15:36
- Panama Canal16:50
- Peace Talks between Sadat and Begin17:25
- The Women's Movement in the 1970s20:17
- Equal Rights Amendment20:27
- Ratification20:54
- A Reactionary Conservative Movement21:04
- States That Ratified ERA21:15
- Pro and Anti-ERA Marchers22:39
- Other Feminist Activities23:30
- Ms. Magazine24:19
- Gay Rights Movement25:32
- Stonewall Incident25:52
- Harvey Milk26:07
- Dan White27:03
- Rust Belt to Sun Belt27:12
- Demographic Changes Affect Politics28:26
- Latin America and Asia28:38
- 1965 Immigration Law28:45
- The “Me Generation”29:06
- Self-Absorption29:13
- Huge Health Trend29:16
- Pop Culture29:42
- Televangelists and the New Right30:22
- Religious Right30:42
- A Constitutional Ban30:45
- Mandatory Death Penalty31:05
- The Bakke Case32:03
- University of California v. Bakke32:28
- Reverse Discrimination33:23
- Iran Hostage Crisis34:02
- The Iranian Revolution34:26
- Ayatollah Khomeini34:35
- 66 U.S. Hostages35:02
- Economic Embargo and a Military Mission35:14
- Reagan's Inauguration35:26
- Images of Iran Hostage Crisis36:24
- Example 136:53
- Example 240:07
- Example 342:04
The Conservative Resurgence and The 1980s
46m 5s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:07
- Free-Market Economics and Religious Conservatism1:13
- Anticommunism, Free-Market Economics and Religious Moralism2:25
- Regulatory Bureaucracy5:02
- PATCO Strikers5:55
- Supply-Side Economics6:34
- Reaganomics6:48
- Reducing Taxes and More Spending7:00
- Economic Recovery Act7:26
- Lowered Taxes7:30
- Images of Supply-Side Economics8:20
- Trickle Down Economics9:57
- Reaganomics10:32
- Reduced Income Tax Rates10:50
- Drop of the Highest Marginal Tax Rate11:04
- The Federal Deficit Increased12:07
- The Annual Federal Budget Deficit (or Surplus), 1940-200512:33
- Presidential Landscaping13:11
- Budget Deficit13:17
- National Debt13:35
- The Savings and Loan13:54
- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)14:49
- Relations with the USSR Improve16:33
- Perestroika17:28
- Glasnost17:58
- Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall18:23
- The Wall Comes Down in 198918:57
- Reagan Aids Anticommunists and Israelis20:36
- A Right-Wing Government in El Salvador21:14
- Setbacks in the Middle East22:40
- Involvement in Latin America and Caribbean23:11
- Iran-Contra Affair and Scandal23:38
- Banned Sending Funds to the Contras24:25
- Oliver North24:46
- Iran-Contra25:08
- Foreign Policy After the Cold War26:26
- New World Order26:32
- War on Drugs27:09
- Disintegration of Yugoslavia27:30
- Social Issues28:01
- Sandra Day O'Connor28:35
- William Rehnquist28:59
- Roe v. Wade29:14
- Economic Changes29:46
- Service Oriented30:12
- Trade Imbalance30:18
- Widened Gap Between Rich and Poor30:36
- Apple Computers and Microsoft31:28
- The Income of Two-Wage Families Graph31:43
- Other Themes in the 1980s33:15
- Materialistic Values33:28
- AIDS Epidemic33:53
- Just Say No36:28
- Challenger Explodes36:50
- 1987 March On Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights37:15
- Example 137:53
- Example 240:57
- Example 343:41
Section 9: Period 9: 1980-present
The End of the Cold War and a Global Society
1h 6m 56s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:06
- Election of 19881:40
- George H.W. Bush1:44
- Jesse Jackson2:00
- New World Order2:52
- Uprisings in China and Eastern Europe3:16
- Beijing's Tiananmen Square3:43
- Anticommunist Movement in 19894:38
- Solidarity Movement4:50
- Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia5:07
- 19895:40
- Breakup of the USSR6:35
- Commonwealth of Independent States6:43
- Boris Yeltsin7:13
- Yugoslavia Disintegrated7:49
- CIS8:02
- Other Foreign Policy Issues9:16
- Invasion of Panama9:38
- Persian Gulf War10:11
- Operation Desert Storm10:13
- Vietnam Syndrome12:22
- Domestic Issues Under Bush12:49
- Budget Deficits13:52
- No New taxes14:10
- A Kinder Gentler America14:35
- The Changing Economy15:12
- Globalization16:37
- Multinational Corporations17:46
- North American Free Trade Agreement19:25
- The Rise of the European Union20:15
- European Union20:58
- Nike Factory in China21:51
- Productivity, Family Income, and Wages 1973-200422:37
- Imports and Exports24:00
- Bill Clinton24:45
- The Election of 199224:50
- National Health Care26:05
- Avoiding Expensive Social-Welfare Proposals27:38
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children27:53
- New Democrat28:05
- Clinton's Second Term28:17
- Foreign Policy Challenges29:52
- NATO Intervened30:01
- Air Strikes Against Al Qaeda30:39
- Technological Revolutions31:12
- Digitization31:26
- World Wide Web32:11
- Internet32:32
- Percentage of Americans Using Internet33:06
- The Annual Federal Budget Deficit (or Surplus), 1940-200533:20
- Election of 200034:32
- Vice President Al Gore34:43
- Florida35:04
- George W. Bush's Presidency36:00
- Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 200136:13
- Federal Expenditures36:48
- War on Terror38:19
- 9/1138:50
- Bush39:30
- USA Patriot Act40:32
- An Axis of Evil42:01
- Iraq43:22
- John Kerry44:19
- New Orleans45:09
- Economic Issues and 2008 Election46:30
- Significant Decline46:48
- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act48:35
- Barack Obama Wins in 200849:17
- Remaking America51:07
- Economic Stimulus Package51:39
- Regulate Wall Street52:02
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act52:18
- Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell Policy54:42
- Elena Kagan55:17
- New Immigrants55:31
- Example 157:27
- Example 21:00:08
- Example 31:04:35
Section 10: AP Practice Exam
AP Practice Exam, Section I: Multiple Choice and Short Answer
38m 33s
- Intro0:00
- Overview of Exam0:12
- Multiple-Choice Section1:57
- What does It Include?2:10
- Background Information2:43
- Highlight3:20
- Completely Read the Question4:33
- Short-Answer Section4:49
- Four Questions4:54
- Complete Sentences4:58
- Thematic Learning Objectives6:20
- Sample AP U.S. History Test Answers7:05
- Multiple Choice Question 19:07
- Multiple Choice Question 29:35
- Multiple Choice Question 310:05
- Multiple Choice Question 410:27
- Multiple Choice Question 510:56
- Multiple Choice Question 611:18
- Multiple Choice Question 711:48
- Multiple Choice Question 812:16
- Multiple Choice Question 912:42
- Multiple Choice Question 1013:08
- Multiple Choice Question 1113:40
- Multiple Choice Question 1214:03
- Multiple Choice Question 1314:30
- Multiple Choice Question 1414:59
- Multiple Choice Question 1515:24
- Multiple Choice Question 1615:49
- Multiple Choice Question 1716:23
- Multiple Choice Question 1816:47
- Multiple Choice Question 1917:09
- Multiple Choice Question 2017:41
- Multiple Choice Question 2118:02
- Multiple Choice Question 2218:19
- Multiple Choice Question 2318:49
- Multiple Choice Question 2419:11
- Multiple Choice Question 2519:32
- Multiple Choice Question 2620:02
- Multiple Choice Question 2720:23
- Multiple Choice Question 2820:50
- Multiple Choice Question 2921:11
- Multiple Choice Question 3021:40
- Multiple Choice Question 3122:13
- Multiple Choice Question 3222:33
- Multiple Choice Question 3322:55
- Multiple Choice Question 3423:27
- Multiple Choice Question 3523:49
- Multiple Choice Question 3624:11
- Multiple Choice Question 3724:32
- Multiple Choice Question 3824:57
- Multiple Choice Question 3925:23
- Multiple Choice Question 4025:50
- Multiple Choice Question 4126:18
- Multiple Choice Question 4226:44
- Multiple Choice Question 4327:09
- Multiple Choice Question 4427:36
- Multiple Choice Question 4528:02
- Multiple Choice Question 4628:20
- Multiple Choice Question 4728:39
- Multiple Choice Question 4829:08
- Multiple Choice Question 4929:39
- Multiple Choice Question 5030:03
- Multiple Choice Question 5130:28
- Multiple Choice Question 5230:50
- Multiple Choice Question 5331:07
- Multiple Choice Question 5431:32
- Multiple Choice Question 5531:50
- Short Question 132:35
- Short Question 234:20
- Short Question 336:11
- Short Question 437:18
AP Practice Exam, Section II: Free Response
29m 24s
- Intro0:00
- Overview0:10
- Free-Response Section: DBQ1:38
- Brainstorm and Jot Down What You Already Know2:20
- Highlighter2:57
- Use Outside Knowledge5:11
- Assess and Cite the Documents5:32
- Free-Response Section: Long Essay7:02
- Historical Thinking Skills7:20
- Thematic Learning Objectives7:42
- Include an Introduction8:04
- Supporting Evidence8:20
- Free-Response Section: DBQ8:25
- Introduction9:41
- Thesis9:44
- Body Paragraphs10:14
- Support With Evidence10:33
- Historical Phenomena10:49
- Synthesize the Above Components10:56
- Conclusion11:06
- Restate Thesis11:25
- Synthesize the Evidence12:02
- Sample Thesis12:16
- Document 121:53
- Document 222:13
- Document 3-722:43
- Free-Response Section: Long Essay23:21
- Sample Thesis24:36
- Continuity Over Time25:37
- Change Over Time26:24
- Historical Thinking Skills and Use of Evidence27:36
- Conclusion and Analysis28:10
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