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Culture of the Antebellum Congress
Professor Thomas Balcerski talked about the culture of Congress in the Antebellum Era. He described how members of Congress in the early 1800s bonded…
5 years, 4 months ago
Asian Immigration and Angel Island
University of Minnesota professor Erika Lee talks about Asian immigration to the West coast from 1830 to 1930, including the role of San Francisco Ba…
5 years, 4 months ago
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Professor Jack Rakove talked about some of the issues debated during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, such as the number of representatives for…
5 years, 4 months ago
Female Slaves and the Law
Professor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. To…
5 years, 4 months ago
Alcohol Use in the Early American Republic
University of California, Davis Professor Alan Taylor spoke on alcohol use in the early American republic. By 1830, annual alcohol consumption in Ame…
5 years, 5 months ago
Polio Epidemic in the United States
Davidson College professor Sally McMillen talked about the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Fear of contracting …
5 years, 5 months ago
Culture and Society in the 1920s
Professor Michael Kazin taught a class about culture and society in the 1920s. He spoke about Prohibition and the exploits of the gangster Al Capone,…
5 years, 5 months ago
Cultural Conservatism and the Religious Right
Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum and author or editor of 20 books - talked about the roots and development of the modern conservative mov…
5 years, 5 months ago
Socialism in Early 20th Century America
Columbia University history professor Eric Foner examines the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He talks about the Socialist Pa…
5 years, 6 months ago
1950s Civil Rights Movement
American History Professor Quintard Taylor looks at the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s through the 1960s. Professor Taylor focuses on the 1954 …
5 years, 6 months ago