Season 1
Episode 1:
New World Encounters
Episode 2:
English Settlement
Episode 3:
Growth and Empire
Episode 4:
The Coming of Independence
Episode 5:
A New System of Government
Episode 6:
Westward Expansion
Episode 7:
The Rise of Capitalism
Episode 8:
The Reform Impulse
Episode 9:
Slavery
Episode 10:
The Coming of the Civil War
Episode 11:
The Civil War
Episode 12:
Reconstruction
Episode 13:
America at its Centennial
Episode 14:
Industrial Supremacy
Episode 15:
The New City
Episode 16:
The West
Episode 17:
Capital and Labor
Episode 18:
TR and Wilson
Episode 19:
A Vital Progressivism
Episode 20:
The Twenties
Episode 21:
FDR and the Depression
Episode 22:
World War II
Episode 23:
The Fifties
Episode 24:
The Sixties
Episode 25:
Contemporary History
Episode 26:
The Redemptive Imagination
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A History of America
Overview:
In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents — will pique students’ interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America.
First Air Date: 2000-01-01
Genre:
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Episode Duration: 26 min
Status: Ended
Production: GBH
