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1) A new nation
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Language
English
Description
The United States was a fledgling country inventing a new kind of government as it formed the Continental Congress, and ratified the Articles of Confederation and the Northwest Ordinance. This program covers Shay's Rebellion, the Constitutional Convention, the Ratification Debates, the creation of the Bill of Rights, political factions and the two-party system, the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Marshall Court.
Provides a brief overview of the civil...
2) The Cold War
Series
United States history origins to 2000 volume 21
Language
English
Description
The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II at odds over their postwar goals. The escalation of these conflicting opinions led the world into a tense, bitter struggle that came to be known as the Cold War. While the world's superpowers never battled each other directly, their indirect involvement with each other in locales around the globe pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. This vivid program utilizes archival footage...
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United States history origins to 2000 volume 23
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the American involvement in Vietnam.
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Language
English
Description
"The conclusion of the Civil War marked the end of slavery and of the Confederacy, but also the beginning of the monumental challenges of how to readmit the southern states into the Union and how to ensure the liberty of over three million newly freed African Americans. This program examines the antebellum struggles of Congress to rebuild the south as an equal and free society by means of the Reconstruction Amendments. It also looks at social and...
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