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Inventors of the Age
Season 3
Inventors in the late nineteenth century flooded the market with new technological advances. Encouraged by Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution, and…
2 days, 8 hours ago
The Impact of Expansion on Chinese Immigrants and Hispanic Citizens
Season 3
In the nineteenth century, the Hispanic, Chinese, and White populations of the country collided. White people moved further west in search of land an…
4 days, 8 hours ago
The Assault on American Indian Life and Culture
Season 3
Settlers encroaching on Native American land created an "Indian problem" in the American West, which increasingly required government intervention. V…
6 days, 8 hours ago
Making a Living in Gold and Cattle
Season 3
While homesteading was the backbone of western expansion, mining and cattle also played significant roles in shaping the West. Much rougher in charac…
1 week, 2 days ago
Homesteading: Dreams and Realities
Season 3
The concept of Manifest Destiny and the strong incentives to relocate sent hundreds of thousands of people west across the Mississippi. The rigors of…
1 week, 4 days ago
The Westward Spirit
Season 3
While a few bold settlers had moved westward before the middle of the nineteenth century, they were the exception, not the rule. The “great American …
1 week, 6 days ago
Radical Reconstruction, 1867–1872
Season 3
Though President Johnson declared Reconstruction complete less than a year after the Confederate surrender, members of Congress disagreed. Republican…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Congress and the Remaking of the South, 1865–1866
Season 3
The conflict between President Johnson and the Republican-controlled Congress over the proper steps to be taken with the defeated Confederacy grew in…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Restoring the Union
Season 3
President Lincoln worked to reach his goal of reunifying the nation quickly and proposed a lenient plan to reintegrate the Confederate states. After …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Union Triumphant
Season 3
Having failed to win the support it expected from either Great Britain or France, the Confederacy faced a long war with limited resources and no alli…
3 weeks, 4 days ago