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A History of the United States, 2nd Edition

Comprehend the entire history of The United States of America in this all-encompassing and absolutely engrossing course taught by three brilliant professors.

Watch First Lecture

Living Bravely
1 Living Bravely - 32 min
Columbus's discovery of a New World allowed Europeans to, first, exploit natural and human resources, and later, to write new social, economic, and political scripts for their lives in a place where European ideas of society no longer applied.

84 Lectures

1
Image of Living Bravely
Living Bravely
0 of 32 min
2
Image of Spain, France, and the Netherlands
Spain, France, and the Netherlands
0 of 32 min
3
Image of Gentlemen in the Wilderness
Gentlemen in the Wilderness
0 of 31 min
4
Image of Radicals in the Wilderness
Radicals in the Wilderness
0 of 31 min
5
Image of Traders in the Wilderness
Traders in the Wilderness
0 of 30 min
6
Image of An Economy of Slaves
An Economy of Slaves
0 of 30 min
7
Image of Printers, Painters, and Preachers
Printers, Painters, and Preachers
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Image of The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening
0 of 29 min
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Image of The Great War for Empire
The Great War for Empire
0 of 31 min
10
Image of The Rejection of Empire
The Rejection of Empire
0 of 30 min
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Image of The American Revolution—Politics and People
The American Revolution—Politics and People
0 of 29 min
12
Image of The American Revolution—Howe's War
The American Revolution—Howe's War
0 of 28 min
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Image of The American Revolution—Washington's War
The American Revolution—Washington's War
0 of 31 min
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Image of Creating the Constitution
Creating the Constitution
0 of 32 min
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Image of Hamilton's Republic
Hamilton's Republic
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16
Image of Republicans and Federalists
Republicans and Federalists
0 of 29 min
17
Image of Adams and Liberty
Adams and Liberty
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18
Image of The Jeffersonian Reaction
The Jeffersonian Reaction
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19
Image of Territory and Treason
Territory and Treason
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20
Image of The Agrarian Republic
The Agrarian Republic
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21
Image of The Disastrous War of 1812
The Disastrous War of 1812
0 of 29 min
22
Image of The
The "American System"
0 of 29 min
23
Image of A Nation Announcing Itself
A Nation Announcing Itself
0 of 32 min
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Image of National Republican Follies
National Republican Follies
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Image of The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening
0 of 30 min
26
Image of Dark Satanic Mills
Dark Satanic Mills
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27
Image of The Military Chieftain
The Military Chieftain
0 of 31 min
28
Image of The Politics of Distrust
The Politics of Distrust
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Image of The Monster Bank
The Monster Bank
0 of 29 min
30
Image of Whigs and Democrats
Whigs and Democrats
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Image of American Romanticism
American Romanticism
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Image of The Age of Reform
The Age of Reform
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33
Image of Southern Society and the Defense of Slavery
Southern Society and the Defense of Slavery
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Image of Whose Manifest Destiny?
Whose Manifest Destiny?
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35
Image of The Mexican War
The Mexican War
0 of 29 min
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Image of The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise
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Image of Sectional Tensions Escalate
Sectional Tensions Escalate
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Image of Drifting Toward Disaster
Drifting Toward Disaster
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Image of The Coming of War
The Coming of War
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Image of The First Year of Fighting
The First Year of Fighting
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Image of Shifting Tides of Battle
Shifting Tides of Battle
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42
Image of Diplomatic Clashes and Sustaining the War
Diplomatic Clashes and Sustaining the War
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43
Image of Behind the Lines—Politics and Economies
Behind the Lines—Politics and Economies
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44
Image of African Americans in Wartime
African Americans in Wartime
0 of 30 min
45
Image of The Union Drive to Victory
The Union Drive to Victory
0 of 29 min
46
Image of Presidential Reconstruction
Presidential Reconstruction
0 of 29 min
47
Image of Congress Takes Command
Congress Takes Command
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48
Image of Reconstruction Ends
Reconstruction Ends
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49
Image of Industrialization
Industrialization
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50
Image of Transcontinental Railroads
Transcontinental Railroads
0 of 29 min
51
Image of The Last Indian Wars
The Last Indian Wars
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Image of Farming the Great Plains
Farming the Great Plains
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53
Image of African Americans after Reconstruction
African Americans after Reconstruction
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54
Image of Men and Women
Men and Women
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55
Image of Religion in Victorian America
Religion in Victorian America
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Image of The Populists
The Populists
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57
Image of The New Immigration
The New Immigration
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58
Image of City Life
City Life
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Image of Labor and Capital
Labor and Capital
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Image of Theodore Roosevelt and Progressivism
Theodore Roosevelt and Progressivism
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Image of Mass Production
Mass Production
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Image of World War I—The Road to Intervention
World War I—The Road to Intervention
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Image of World War I—Versailles and Wilson's Gambit
World War I—Versailles and Wilson's Gambit
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Image of The 1920s
The 1920s
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Image of The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression
The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression
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Image of The New Deal
The New Deal
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Image of World War II—The Road to Pearl Harbor
World War II—The Road to Pearl Harbor
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Image of World War II—The European Theater
World War II—The European Theater
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Image of World War II—The Pacific Theater
World War II—The Pacific Theater
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Image of The Cold War
The Cold War
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Image of The Korean War and McCarthyism
The Korean War and McCarthyism
0 of 30 min
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Image of The Affluent Society
The Affluent Society
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Image of The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement
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Image of The New Frontier and the Great Society
The New Frontier and the Great Society
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Image of The Rise of Mass Media
The Rise of Mass Media
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Image of The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War
0 of 32 min
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Image of The Women's Movement
The Women's Movement
0 of 31 min
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Image of Nixon and Watergate
Nixon and Watergate
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Image of Environmentalism
Environmentalism
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Image of Religion in Twentieth-Century America
Religion in Twentieth-Century America
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Image of Carter and the Reagan Revolution
Carter and the Reagan Revolution
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Image of The New World Order
The New World Order
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Image of Clinton's America and the Millennium
Clinton's America and the Millennium
0 of 32 min
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Image of Reflections
Reflections
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Reviews

s********m
August 12, 2019
Strong course, especially the first two instructors. The opening should get five stars, but as it got to recent history the perspective seemed increasingly conservative. I left thinking Nixon was a modern Icarus who flew too close to the sun, Reagan universally loved, and Clinton universally disliked and distrusted. Those last two words are taken straight from the course, along with "shrill" describing Hillary Clinton (really). I also paused when "proactive" was the opening adjective used to describe George W. Bush's foreign policy. Overall a great course and not overtly biased, just a little like it was sponsored by the National Review.

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i********t
July 4, 2019
Prof. Guelzo is astonishing, ( perhaps I say this because he covers my favorite era), and Prof. Allitt may restore your optimism in this re-telling of the long story. As a conservatively raised Christian Democrat, I find the course painstakingly well-balanced. Which, as the course tells us, means others may not.

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