History and culture of the United States

Lectures

Independence

Colonial wars between France and England. Reorganization of the empire. American Revolution. State governments. Confederation. (February 8, 2010)

Federal Republic

Constitution. Hamilton and the Federalists. Jefferson and the Republicans. Louisiana purchase. War of 1812. Expansion. (February 9, 2010)

Jacksonian Era

Economic revolution. Sectionalism and nationalism. Age of the common man. Democrats and Whigs. Diverging North and South. (February 23, 2010)

Manifest Destiny

Romanticism. Utopian experiments. Reform movements. Abolitionism. Westward expansion. Mexican War. Sectional conflict. (March 1, 2010)

Civil War and Reconstruction

Secession. Mobilization of North and South. Strategy, diplomacy, and war. Presidential and Radical Reconstruction. (March 9, 2010)

Industrial Expansion

Development of South and West. Industrialism and capitalism. Labor movement. Urban growth. Urban society and culture. (March 30, 2010)

Progressivism

Populism. Depression of the 1890s. Progressive movement. Roosevelt and Square Deal. Wilson and New Freedom. (April 6, 2010)

Imperialism and World War I

Imperialist beginnings. War with Spain. Empire. Big stick. Dollar Diplomacy. War in Europe. Wilsonian internationalism. Domestic agitation. (April 19, 2010)

Depression and New Deal

Prosperous 1920s. Conflict of cultures. Stock market crash. Depression. First and second New Deal. Supreme Court and New Deal. (April 20, 2010)

World War II and Cold War

From isolation to intervention in the Pacific and Europe. Wartime industrial expansion. Cold War. Korean War. Anticommunist crusade. (April 27, 2010)

Turbulent Years

Affluent society. Civil-rights movement. New Frontier. Triumphant liberalism. Vietnam War. Mobilization of minorities. New feminism. Watergate. (May 4, 2010)