American cities grew rapidly during the Gilded Age. What brought people to the cities and what were their experiences like? In this video, Kim explores continuity and change in migration patterns from 1865-1898.
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"A compromise is a little something to make both sides angry." Kim and Sal talk about increased tensions between slave and free states as new territory is added after Mexican-American War and from Compromise of 1850 (especially the Fugitive Slave Act).
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What was the Gilded Age? Kim and David discuss the vast wealth and crushing poverty that characterized the era.
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Modern American political culture began to emerge in the early nineteenth century. In this video, Kim discusses the transition from the United States' earlier aristocratic political culture to a more democratic one as the right to vote was extended to a broader segment of American citizens.
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Rematch! Kim discusses the presidential election of 1828, when Andrew Jackson once again ran against John Quincy Adams and won. This election was the first to employ many modern election tactics, such as mudslinging.
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In the final video in this series, Kim discusses Andrew Jackson's presidency and how he attempted to increase the power of the executive branch. A growing movement of opposition to Jackson coalesced into the Whig Party, which employed many of the same tactics as Jackson in the election of 1840.
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In the contested presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams faced off against Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay.
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Kim discusses how the system of indentured servitude in colonial Virginia transformed into a system of African slavery after Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion against the House of Burgesses.
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Kim discusses the early difficulties of the English colonists at Jamestown, and clears up some common misconceptions about John Smith and Pocahontas.
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Kim discusses how the tobacco plantation system led to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.
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Kim discusses how John Rolfe's discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success -- and to a great deal of conflict between the English and the Powhatans, resulting in the first and second Anglo-Powhatan Wars.
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In the year 1863, US General Ulysses S. Grant succeeds in securing the western theatre of war and moves east to take on Robert E. Lee.
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The end of the Civil War, including Lee's surrender at Appomattox and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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KA's historian Kim discusses the year 1864 of the Civil War, including Sherman's March to the Sea and the election of 1864.
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Kim and David discuss the mystery of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island, the English settlement in North America that vanished in the late 1500s. In this video, they set the stage for the colonial venture and discuss the first two missions to Roanoke Island.
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Kim and David continue discussing the Lost Colony of Roanoke. What happened when the English colonists finally settled on the coast of North Carolina? What are the prevailing theories about what happened to the colonists?
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What were the causes and effects of westward expansion between 1844 and 1877? Kim discusses how economic opportunities, government support, and the idea of 'manifest destiny' brought migrants to the western United States.
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Canals, railroads, steamboats, telegraphs! Kim talks about the transportation and communication revolutions of the early 19th century and how they changed American business.
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So what's the big deal about the Market Revolution, anyway? Kim describes how it changed the nature of American labor, markets, and culture.
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The Market Revolution of the early nineteenth century changed the way Americans worked and did business. In this video, Kim discusses the inventions that brought new productivity and forms of work to American business - the Industrial Revolution.
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