An educational collection of videos focused on key areas of U.S. History.

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List of Videos
• From Days Before Time
• Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony
• Saints and Strangers
• Lure of Land, The
• Coming to America: Portrait of Colonial Life
• Divergent Paths
• Strained Relations
• Not Much of a War
• Precarious Experiment, A
• Vision for a Nation
• Rivals and Friends
• Best Laid Plans...
• Pressures From Within
• He Brought the People with Him
• Legacy of an Autocratic Ruler
• Revolution of a Different Sort
• Worlds Apart
• Master and Slave
• Voices of Reform
• Manifest Destiny?
• Decade of Discord
• House Divided
• Battle Cry
• Final Stages
• What Price Freedom
• Tattered Remains
• Meeting Ground, The
• Legendary Frontier, The
• New Corporate Order, A
• Age of the City, The
• Political Stalemate
• Imperial Ambition
• Progressive Era, The
• Warrior to Priest: Presidents of the Early 1900s
• Road to War, The
• To End All Wars?
• 1920s Beyond the Glitter, The
• Hard Times
• Chaos of Experimentation, A
• Between the Wars
• Nation at War, A
• Taking the Offensive
• Collapse of Peace, The
• Fallout
• Way We Were, The ?
• Other America, The
• Restless Society
• Nation Torn, A
• Determined to be Heard
• Crisis of Authority
• Right Turn
• World of Uncertainty
• Early Inhabitants of North America
• Early Europeans Look Westward
• Spanish Conquistadors, The
• Religious Motivation for Spanish Colonization
• Spanish Engage in Slavery to Fill Labor Needs
• Spanish Approach to Colonization Ignites Indian Uprisings
• Impact of Spanish Colonization on Native Populations
• Social and Economic Status of England in the 16th Century, The
• France and the Netherlands Attempt to Establish Presence in North America
• Roanoke, the First English Colony
• Lost Colony of Roanoke, The
• Virginia Company Investments Spawn New Colony
• Indentured Servitude: Payment for Passage
• Relationship between Early English Settlers and Native Americans
• England Revises Approach to Colonization and Establishes Royal Colony of Virginia
• Puritans Establish Second Permanent English Colony
• Types of People Who Journeyed to New Land
• Puritans, a Product of Their English Culture, The
• Mayflower Compact: Structure for a Colony, The
• Holy Watchfulness or Sheer Nosiness?
• Trial of Anne Hutchinson, The
• Difficulties of Establishing a Godly Community
• "Hivings" Challenge Community Solidarity and Indian Culture
• Relations with Indians Deteriorate
• Patterns of English Colonization in North America
• Proprietary Charters Issued by Charles II
• Migration to the Middle Colonies
• Impact of Quaker Presence in the Middle Colonies, The
• Middle Colonies--A Diverse Melting Pot, The
• Settlement of the Southern Coast: Carolinas, Georgia, Florida
• Crown Tries to Tighten Its Control, The
• England's Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
• Integration of Colonies within British System
• Immigration: A Key Element in American History
• Indentured Servitude and Immigration
• Family and Community Life in New England
• Family Unit in Colonial New England, The
• Introduction of Slavery in Colonial America
• Upsurge in Immigration
• Contrast between Northern and Southern Colonies
• Cities of 17th Century Colonial America
• Plantation Society of the South
• Southern Women: The Plantation Mistress and Her Slaves
• Governance of New England Towns
• Role of Colonial Courts, The
• Witchcraft Hysteria, The
• Great Awakening, The
• Imperial/Colonial Relationship, The
• Seven Years' War, The
• British Experience the Burdens of Empire
• Taxing the Colonies
• Growth of Colonial Resistance
• British Attempt to Subdue Colonial Resistance
• American Revolution--Supporters, Critics, and Disbelievers, The
• Support for Independence Intensifies
• Mobilizing for War
• Battles in New England and the Mid-Atlantic
• Securing Aid from Abroad
• How the Continental Army Outlasted Britain's Military Might
• Negotiating a Peace Treaty
• Precarious Union
• African American and Native American Viewpoints
• Building Government Structures
• Challenges Facing the Young Nation
• Western Expansion
• Economic Upheaval
• Articles of Confederation Need Revamping
• Delegates Gather for Constitutional Convention
• Debate over Representation
• Apportionment of Slave Populations
• Controlling Federal Power
• Ratification Strategy
• States Consider Constitutional Ratification
• Testing the Design of the Constitution
• Power Struggle Between Federalists and Republicans
• Presidential Election of 1796, The
• Troubled Presidency of John Adams, The
• Presidential Election of 1800
• Jefferson's Presidency, Early Years
• Emergence of a Stronger Judiciary under Justice Marshall
• Jefferson as Administrator
• Adams and Jefferson, Rivals and Friends
• Jefferson's Vision for America
• Second Great Awakening
• Economic Vitality
• Events Leading to Louisiana Purchase
• Initial Impact of Louisiana Purchase
• U. S. Response to Napoleonic Wars
• Madison's Presidency
• War of 1812: A Lesson, not a Defeat
• Aftermath of War of 1812
• Population Surge West of Appalachians
• Fur Trading in Northwest Territories
• Presidency of James Monroe
• National Crises of 1819 and 1820 Threaten Country
• U. S. Tilts Toward Nationalism in Final Years of Monroe's Administration
• Controversial 1824 Election and Presidency of John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson Ushers in New Era with Election Victory in 1828
• Jackson $,1rx(Bs Violent Tendencies Feared by Washington Insiders
• Jackson and Patronage Politics
• Jackson Splits With Vice-President Calhoun over Tariffs
• Jackson Reaches Impasse with Congress
• Our Federal Union: The Clash Between National Sovereignty and States Rights Advocates
• Andrew Jackson's Indian Policy
• Native Americans and the Forced Removal
• Andrew Jackson Versus the Bank of the United States
• Emergence of the Whig Party
• Martin Van Buren as President
• Whigs Successful Election Challenge
• New Political Alignments in the 1840s
• Resurgence of Immigration Helps Fuel Industrial Revolution in U. S.
• How Improvements in Transportation and Communication Impact Industrial Revolution
• North and South Follow Different Economic Paths
• Industrial Revolution Takes Hold on Old Northwest
• New Generation of Entrepreneurs
• Realities of Factory Work, The
• Artisan vs. the Factory System, The
• Life of the Wealthy in 19th-century America, The
• Experience of the Poor. The
• Emerging Middle Class, The
• Role of Women and Cult of Domesticity, The
• Changes in Education
• Farm Families in the Mid-19th Century
• Mechanization of Agriculture, The
• Economic and Social Life in the South
• Power of the Planter Aristocracy
• Typical White Southerner, a Modest Farmer, The
• Peculiar Institution, The
• Life of a Slave
• Slave Trade, The
• Slave Resistance
• Rich Culture Created from Backdrop of Slavery
• Effect of Slavery on Southern Society, The
• Romanticism and the Transcendentalist Movement
• Utopian Communities
• Women and the Temperance Movement in the 19th Century
• Abolitionist Movement, The
• Women's Role in the Abolitionist Movement
• Women's Efforts to Gain Equal Rights
• Political Dimensions of Anti-Slavery Movement
• Manifest Destiny and the Colonization of Texas
• U. S. and Mexico Clash Over Boundary Dispute
• Factors Influencing the Outcome of the Mexican War
• Geographic and Demographic Effects of the Mexican War
• New Territory Deepens Division between North and South
• California Gold Rush, The
• Mine Workers Face Discrimination and Exploitation
• Crimes Against Native Americans during California Gold Rush
• Lasting Impact of California's Brief Gold Boom
• Congressional Debate Over Slavery Intensifies as Country Expands
• Transcontinental Railroad, The
• Mini Civil War Rages over Kansas Vote
• Dred Scott Decision Announced Just After Buchanan's Election in 1856
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates, The
• John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
• Presidential Election of 1860, The
• "United" States Comes Apart, The
• Political Debate Over Secession
• Confederates Attack Southern Forts
• Capture of Ft. Sumter Signals Beginning of Civil War
• Early Months of the Civil War
• Public Programs Promote Expanding Industrial Economy
• Strategies and Positions as War Begins
• Emancipation Question, The
• Realities Confronting North and South in the Second Year of Conflict
• North and South Seek Support from Foreign Governments
• Civil War Spills into Western Territories
• Politics of Emancipation, The
• Challenges Facing Lincoln in the Fall of 1862
• Need for Manpower, The
• People at War
• Major Battles of 1863: Vicksburg and Gettysburg
• Major Battles of 1863: Chattanooga
• Contrast between North and South as 1864 Campaign Season Begins
• Battles in the Deep South in 1864 and Their Impact on the Slave Population
• Bloody Battles Take Their Toll in Virginia, Summer and Fall, 1864
• Presidential Election of 1864, The
• Final Days of the Civil War
• Confusion and Devastation Marks End of Civil War
• Emancipation and Reunification: Challenges to Peacemaking
• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, The
• President Johnson "Fast Tracks" Re-entry of Southern States
• Republicans Legislate Harsher Approach to Reconstruction
• President Johnson impeached by Congress
• Reconstruction and Financial Issues Plague Grant's Administration
• Challenges of Rebuilding Southern Society
• System of Sharecropping
• Rebuilding African-American Family Structures
• Emergence of the Ku Klux Klan
• Election of 1876, The
• Southern Economy, The
• Obstruction of Voting Rights for Southern Blacks
• Horror of Lynching, The
• Reconstruction: The Civil War in Broader Perspective
• Violence Against Chinese Grows
• West's Long History as a Meeting Ground, The
• Western Tribes, The
• Mexican-American Experience, The
• Chinese Migration, The
• Anti-Chinese Sentiments
• Homestead Act of 1862 Encourages Western Settlement
• Myths and Myth Makers
• Changing Western Economy, The
• Myth of the Cowboy and a Culture of Violence
• Dispersal of the Tribes, The
• Government Policies Undermine Indian Way of Life
• Rapid Agricultural Growth in the Plains Region
• Unique Developments in Western Agriculture
• Decline of the Western Farmer
• Sources of Industrial Growth
• Growth of the Industrial Workforce
• Plight of the Worker, The
• Beginnings of the Union Movement
• Class Violence--Labor vs. Employer--Breaks Out at Work Sites
• Profound Changes in U.S. as a Result of Industrialization
• Lure of the City, The
• Ethnic City, The
• Urban Landscape, The
• Strains of Urban Life
• Infrastructure and Political Issues
• Rise of Mass Consumption, The
• Democrats and Republicans in 1880s
• Stalwarts and Half-Breeds Compete for Control of Republican Party
• Pendleton Act, The
• "Mudslinging" Election of 1884, The
• Fundamental Differences Between Republicans and Democrats Emerge
• Activist vs. Passive Government
• 1890s Depression Fuels Agrarian Revolt and Birth of Populist Party
• 1896, a Realigning Election
• Business Interests Push U.S. Involvement Overseas
• Early Overtures in Western Hemisphere
• Events Leading to War with Spain over Cuba
• "Splendid Little War," The
• "Spoils" of Spanish-American War Extend beyond Caribbean
• Difficulties with Cuba and the Philippines
• Diplomacy of Imperialism, The
• Movement with a Variety of Meanings, A
• Settlement House Movement, The
• Women in the Workforce
• Women and Reform
• Fight for Women's Suffrage
• Government and Progressive Reform
• African-Americans and Reform
• Reformers and Temperance in the Early 20th Century
• Immigration Restriction
• Challenging the Capitalist Order
• Accidental President, The
• Federal Government as Mediator of the Public Good
• Roosevelt and Conservation
• Panic of 1907, The
• Troubled Succession of William Howard Taft, The
• The Presidential Election of 1912
• Woodrow Wilson and The New Freedom
• Woodrow Wilson: Retreat and Advance
• Panama Canal, The
• Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
• Wilson's Attempts to Blend Diplomacy with Morality
• Road to War, The
• Collapse of European Peace, The
• Wilson's Neutrality
• Germany's Aggressive Submarine Warfare Tests U. S. Neutrality
• United States Enters War and Initiates Draft, The
• Organizing the Economy for War
• Germany's Major Strategies, 1917
• Internal Tensions within U.S.
• Battle Status as U. S. Enters World War I
• Striking Arizona Copper Workers Targeted for Impeding War Effort
• Last Brutal Battles of World War I
• Search for a New World Order
• Paris Peace Conference, The
• Wilson and the Ratification Battle
• Versailles Treaty--A Truce, Not Peace, The
• U. S. Society in Turmoil after World War I
• Retreat from Idealism The
• Transition in American Cultural Life
• New Economy, The
• Labor in the New Era
• Women and Minorities in the Workplace
• Agricultural Technology and Plight of the Farmer
• New Culture, The
• Conflict of Cultures
• Religious Fundamentalism
• Party Politics of the 1920s and 1930s
• Comparison of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, A
• Hoover-Smith Presidential Race, The
• Coming of the Great Depression, The
• Causes of the Depression
• Depression's Effect on Banking and Industry, The
• Despair of Farmers
• Minority Groups Hard Hit During Depression
• Depression and American Culture, The
• Ordeal of President Hoover, The
• Election of 1932
• Interregnum and Early Days of Roosevelt's First Term, The
• Launching the New Deal
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the "Brain Trust"
• Agricultural Adjustment
• Industrial Recovery
• Growth of Federal Relief
• Critics of Roosevelt and the New Deal
• Second New Deal, The
• Labor's Organizing Battles
• Social Security
• Presidential Election of 1936
• Roosevelt's Court Fight
• Recession of 1937
• Limits and Legacies of New Deal
• U. S. Foreign Policy in the 1920s
• Impact of the Depression on International Relations
• Hoover and the World Crisis
• Roosevelt Focuses on Economic Crisis
• Germany and Japan Invade Neighboring Countries
• World War II Begins
• Third-Term Election Signals Subtle Changes
• Germany Advances in Europe
• Tripartite Pact, The
• U. S. Takes Steps to Suppress Japanese Aggression
• Pearl Harbor Attack Brings U. S. into the World Conflict
• War on Two Fronts
• Containing the Japanese
• Holding off the Germans
• Arsenal of the Allies
• Prosperity! War-induced Economic Recovery
• Labor and the War
• African Americans and the War
• Blacks in the Workplace in the World War II Era
• "Code Talkers," The
• Mexican-American War Workers
• Women at Work during the War
• Internment of Japanese Americans, The
• Election of 1944, The
• Liberation of France; Germany's Surrender, The
• Focus of War Shifts to Asian Theater
• Manhattan Project, The
• U.S. Ships and Troops Circle Closer to Japan
• Truman's Terrible Decision: Atomic Warfare?
• Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The
• Seeds of U. S.-Russian Conflict Visible at War's End, The
• Sources of Soviet-American Tension
• Wartime Diplomacy
• Truman "Gets Tough" with Soviets Leading to Potsdam
• China Problem, The
• Revitalizing Japan
• Containment Doctrine, The
• Marshall Plan, The
• Mobilization at Home; Alliances Abroad
• Consumer Demand
• Post War Labor Unrest
• Fair Deal Rejected
• Election of 1948, The
• Fair Deal Revived, The
• Nuclear Age, The
• Divided Peninsula, The
• From Invasion to Stalemate
• Sources of the Red Scare
• HUAC Investigations and the Federal Loyalty Program
• Anti-communist Frenzy Intensifies
• McCarthyism
• Republican Revival, The
• Economic Miracle, The
• Rise of the Modern West
• Capital and Labor
• The Explosion of Science and Technology
• Bombs, Rockets, and Missiles
• Consumer Culture, The
• Suburban Nation, The
• Suburban Families
• "Other America" (Bon the Margins of the Affluent Society, The
• Other America: Inner Cities and Beyond, The
• Rise of the Civil Rights Movement, The
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
• Civil Rights Movement Intensifies
• Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
• Eisenhower Republicanism
• Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War
• Eisenhower's Use of Covert Action to Accomplish U.S. Aims
• Eisenhower Seeks Nonmilitary Solutions in Cold War Crises
• Decade of Turbulence: America in the 1960s
• Johnson Assumes Presidency Upon Kennedy Assassination
• Great Society: Assault on Poverty in U.S, The.
• Changing Restrictive Immigration Quotas
• Legacy of Great Society
• Battle for Racial Equality
• Battle for Voting Rights, The
• Divisions in the Civil Rights Movement
• Influences on U.S. Foreign Policy
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• History of the Vietnam Conflict
• Nation Torn: The Two Vietnams, A
• America's Relationship with Ngo Dinh Diem
• U.S. Intensifies Involvement in Vietnam
• Stalemate in Vietnam
• Disillusionment Spawned by Vietnam Conflict
• 1968, The Year the Dream Died
• Presidential Race of 1968
• New Left, The
• Counterculture, The
• Mobilization of Minorities
• Seeds of Native-American Militancy
• Latino Activism
• Challenging the "Melting Pot" Ideal
• Gay Liberation Movement
• New Feminism, The
• Liberalism and the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s and 1970s
• Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society
• Vietnamization and Escalation
• Vietnam--Peace with Honor?
• Defeat in Indochina
• Relations with Superpowers
• Middle Eastern Conflict and Shuttle Diplomacy
• Nixon's Domestic Initiatives
• Election of 1972, The
• Troubled Economy, The
• Watergate Crisis, The
• Downfall of a President, The
• Ford Custodianship, The
• Trials of Jimmy Carter, The
• International Crises Plague Carter
• Population and Political Shifts
• Supply-side Economics
• Reagan on the World Stage
• Fading of the Reagan Revolution, The
• Bush Presidency, The
• Launching the Clinton Presidency
• President Clinton and the Republican Congress
• Clinton, Triumphant and Embattled
• Clinton's Impeachment and Acquittal
• Election of 2000, The
• Transformations of the American Economy
• Changing Look of U.S. Society, The
• New World Order?, The
• Rise of Terrorism, The
• Slavery: A Historical Perspective
• Emancipation
• Fueling the Abolition Movement
• Slavery Experience, The
• Laws of Slavery, The
• Impact of Slavery, The
• Process of Enslavement, The
• Role of the Plantation, The
• Cotton Revolution, The
• Resistance and Rebellion
• Slavery and the Civil War
• Civil War, The: A Revolutionary Event
• Struggle in the Border States
• Theodore Roosevelt and the Value of War
• Theodore Roosevelt and San Juan Hill
• Theodore Roosevelt and Americanization
• Theodore Roosevelt and Asian Immigration
• Immigrants and Loyalty
• Theodore Roosevelt and Women's Rights
• Theodore Roosevelt and Reform (Part One)
• Theodore Roosevelt and Reform (Part Two)
• Woodrow Wilson, Immigration and Minorities
• Woodrow Wilson and Women's Suffrage
• America on the Eve of World War I
• Immigration Following World War I (Part One)
• Immigration Following World War I (Part Two)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt and Immigration
• Labor Movement of the 1930's, The
• Movies As A Cultural Force in the 1930's
• Supreme Court in the 1930's, The
• Racism During World War II (Part One)
• Racism During World War II (Part Two)
• Labor Market For African-Americans and Women in the 1940's, The
• Post World War II Labor Market, The
• Post World War II Housing Segregation
• Loyalty and Patriotism Following Both World Wars
• Patterns of Immigration Between 1924-1965
• Civil Rights Movement, The: Beginnings
• Supreme Court and Segregation, The
• Pre-Revolutionary War Surge of Immigration
• Eighteenth Century Migration to America
• Property and Land Speculation (Part One)
• Property and Land Speculation (Part Two)
• Immigration: Challenges and Dangers
• British Struggle For Control, The
• Opposition to British Rule Grows
• A Rising Tide of Opposition
• Rise of George Washington, The
• Ratification Debate, The
• A New Nation: Dangers and Challenges
• Washington Forms the Executive Branch (Part One)
• Washington Forms the Executive Branch (Part Two)
• Washington, Jefferson and the French Revolution
• Federalism
• Successors to George Washington
• A Young Nation Moves Forward
• Changing Perceptions of Race
• Race and Ethnicity: Who's Who and What's What?
• Naturalization Law of 1790, The
• Collision of Capitalism and Democracy, The
• Immigration: The Irish Become A Force
• Ethnic Groups in Industry
• Racializing of Immigrants, The
• Science, Race and Immigration
• Racial Comparisons in Literature
• Goddard, Race and Intelligence (Part One)
• Goddard, Race and Intelligence (Part Two)
• Franz Boas Takes On The Eugenicists
• 1924 Immigration Act, The (Part One)
• 1924 Immigration Act, The (Part Two)
• 1924 Immigration Act, The (Part Three)
• Degrees of Whiteness
• Great Black Migration, The
• Racial Politics and War
• Chinese Exclusion Act, The
• An End to Exclusion: The Hart-Celler Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Movement Evolves, The
• Immigrant Story: Myth or Reality, The
• Immigration and Insecurity
• Debate Over Immigration, The
• Race in America
• History and Science
• Division of Labor in Colonial America
• Women and Property in Colonial America
• Working Women in Colonial America
• Women and the Industrial Revolution
• Exploitation During the Industrial Revolution
• Immigrants at Work in the Nineteenth Century
• African-American Slave Women
• Pre-Civil War Working Conditions
• Division of Labor and the Industrial Revolution
• Women at Work
• History of Professional Women
• Abolitionist Movement, The
• Men, Women and the Union Movement
• African-Americans Move To The City
• Employment During The Depression
• Employment During World War II
• Thomas Jefferson: A Study in Contradiction
• Jefferson Before The Revolution
• American Revolution,The : Radical or Conservative?
• American Revolution,The : A Global Event
• Peace of Paris, The
• Articles of Confederation, The
• Meeting at Annapolis
• Jefferson, Adams, and the Constitution
• Great Division in the 1790's, The
• Alexander Hamilton: Target of Republican Mistrust
• Choosing The National Capital
• Election of 1796, The
• Adams Presidency, The
• Election of Thomas Jefferson, The
• Louisiana Purchase, The
• Public Response to the Louisiana Purchase
• Second Jefferson Administration, The
• Jefferson's Embargo
• War of 1812, The
• Madison's Dilemma
• Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
• Relationship Between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, The