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A History of America

★ N/A 2000 1 Seasons

In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents — will pique students’ interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America.

Family
Episode 1

Episode 1

New World Encounters

Episode 2

Episode 2

English Settlement

Episode 3

Episode 3

Growth and Empire

Episode 4

Episode 4

The Coming of Independence

Episode 5

Episode 5

A New System of Government

Episode 6

Episode 6

Westward Expansion

Episode 7

Episode 7

The Rise of Capitalism

Episode 8

Episode 8

The Reform Impulse

Episode 9

Episode 9

Slavery

Episode 10

Episode 10

The Coming of the Civil War

Episode 11

Episode 11

The Civil War

Episode 12

Episode 12

Reconstruction

Episode 13

Episode 13

America at its Centennial

Episode 14

Episode 14

Industrial Supremacy

Episode 15

Episode 15

The New City

Episode 16

Episode 16

The West

Episode 17

Episode 17

Capital and Labor

Episode 18

Episode 18

TR and Wilson

Episode 19

Episode 19

A Vital Progressivism

Episode 20

Episode 20

The Twenties

Episode 21

Episode 21

FDR and the Depression

Episode 22

Episode 22

World War II

Episode 23

Episode 23

The Fifties

Episode 24

Episode 24

The Sixties

Episode 25

Episode 25

Contemporary History

Episode 26

Episode 26

The Redemptive Imagination

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