Class 18 – Melting Pot or Guarded Gate
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Professor Beverly Gage begins her 8 classes for the final portion of the course with issues surrounding immigration.
Class 17 – A Violent Reunion: The Lost Cause, New South and Origins of Jim Crow
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The lingering costs of the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the westward expansion are topics of Professor David Blight’s final lecture in the series.
Studio Episode 6: Reconstruction
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Professor Beverly Gage asks David Blight to expand on his recent lectures on the Reconstruction and all the challenges it faced.
Class 16 – Gilded Age and the Aftermath of Reconstruction, South, North, and West
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What becomes of a nation filled with corruption that’s covered with gold. Professor David Blight returns to Mark Twain as he details the Gilded Age and what it brings.
Class 14 – Reconstruction: Andrew Johnson vs. the Radical Republicans
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“Beware the people weeping, when they bear the iron hand.” Professor David Blight examines Reconstruction, past and present.
Class 13 – Union Victory, Confederate Defeat, and Emancipation
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It comes to war. Professor David Blight takes the class through the Civil War, emancipation, and shape of things to come.
Class 12 – Two Constitutions, Secession and War, 1860-1862
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John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and the Lincoln – Douglas debates are two key parts of Professor David Blight’s examination of the road to Civil War.
Studio Conversation: Frederick Douglass, The Slave Power, and The Fourth of July
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Professors Beverly Gage and Joanne Freeman ask Professor David Blight about his recent lectures about early Republicans, The Slave Power conspiracy, and the slave narratives that affected them most.
Class 10 – The Mexican War and its Aftermath: Compromise or Armistice
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The Mexican – American War from 1846-1848 had an immense impact on the territory of America and the issue of slavery. Professor David Blight begins his series of classes with an in depth review.
Studio Conversation: What is a Republic? Hamilton, Jackson, and more
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Professors David Blight, Beverly Gage, and Joanne Freeman discuss Professor Freeman’s final lectures on Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and how America’s experiment with democracy was received by outsiders.