America at 250: A History
Explore America's Epic Journey to Its 250th Anniversary
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What you'll learn
- Analyze the causes and consequences of the American Civil War
- Trace the evolution of American democracy from the Revolution to the present
- Evaluate the ongoing struggle to define equality and citizenship in U.S. history
- Assess the impact of major reform movements on American political and social institutions
This course includes
- 32.5 hours of video
- Certificate of completion
- Access on mobile and TV
Course content
1 modules • 37 lessons • 32.5 hours of video
American History: From Revolution to Modern Nation
37 lessons
• 32.5 hours
American History: From Revolution to Modern Nation
37 lessons
• 32.5 hours
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 1 – The Road to 250 46:12
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 2 – Revolutionary (and Not So Revolutionary) Beginnings 41:13
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 3 – Declaring Independence 49:08
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 1 - John Adams' To-do List and "Common Sense" 46:51
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 4 - What Kind of Union? 49:01
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 5 - Framing a Nation: The Constitution 52:26
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 2 - The Federalists, Early Republic, and the Real Hamilton 47:52
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 6 – Republican Precedents & Presidents: The Placement of Power 48:15
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 7–What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, & More 51:57
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 8 – Jacksonian "Democracy” 48:14
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 9, Whose America? Protest and Reform 53:05
- DeVane Lectures, America at 250 Podcast Episode 3: What is a Republic? 01:01:11
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture. Class 10-The Mexican War and its Aftermath: Compromise or Armistice 54:43
- America at 250, DeVane, Class 11 - Road to Disunion: Politics, Dred Scott, & the Crisis of 1850s 52:37
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 4: Frederick Douglass, The Slave Power, and The Fourth of July 52:07
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 12–Two Constitutions, Secession and War, 1860-1862 54:18
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 13 - Union Victory, Confederate Defeat, and Emancipation 56:36
- America at 250, DeVane Lecture, Class 14 -Reconstruction: Andrew Johnson vs. the Radical Republicans 56:35
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 5: The Cause of the Civil War 52:45
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 15–The Defeat of Reconstruction, 1870-1877 & Beyond 54:35
- America at 250, DeVane, Class 16 - Gilded Age and Aftermath of Reconstruction, South, North, & West 55:48
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 6: Reconstruction 53:25
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 17 - A Violent Reunion 56:49
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 18 – Melting Pot or Guarded Gate 56:14
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 7: Immigration and Its Discontents 52:17
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 19 - Money, Power, and Progressivism 54:15
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 20 - A New Deal for America 53:57
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 8: The Progressive Era and The New Deal 56:26
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 21 - A New Deal for the World 54:07
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 22 - Anticommunism and the American Way 56:48
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 9: WWII and The Cold War 48:56
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 23 - Race, Rights, and Resistance 57:39
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 24 - Reagan’s America 53:30
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 10: Left and Right in the 60s and 70s 51:50
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 25 - Making Sense of the Millennium 54:22
- America at 250: A History, DeVane Lecture, Class 26 - Meanings on the Eve of 2026 54:11
- America at 250 Podcast Episode 11: The Politics of the 1980s, 1990s, and So Much More 01:03:01
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