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US History Podcasts

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Chapter 26 Lecture, Part 2, 9 March 2010. Second lecture over the "Roaring Twenties," Chapter 26 in the text. The Coolidge administration is covered in this section, as well as a brief survey of the social and cultural history of the 1920s.
Chapter 26 Lecture, Part 1, 5 March 2010. First lecture over the "Roaring Twenties," Chapter 26 in the text. The Harding administration is covered in this section.

Chapter 26 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. This is all the slides for all three sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 25 Lecture, Part 2, 25 February 2010. Second lecture over the First World War, Chapter 25 in the text.
Chapter 25 Lecture, Part 1, 23 February 2010. First lecture over the First World War, Chapter 25 in the text.

Chapter 25 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. This is all the slides for all four sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 23 Lecture, Part 2, 15 February 2010. Second lecture over the Progressive Era, Chapter 23 in the text.
Chapter 23 Lecture, Part 1, 10 February 2010. First lecture over the Progressive Era, Chapter 23 in the text.

Chapter 23 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. This is all the slides for all three sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 22 Lecture, 3 & 5 February 2010. Lecture over American Imperialism, the Spanish-American-Cuban War, and the beginning of the Progressive Era, 1863-1904, Chapter 22 in the text.

Chapter 22 Lecture PowerPoint Slides.

Chapter 16 Lecture, 25 January 2010. Lecture over Reconstruction, 1864-1877, Chapter 16 in the text.
Chapter 15 Lecture, Part 5, 14 January 2010. Last part of a continuing lecture over the American Civil War, this part concerning the major battles and campaigns of 1864-65, Chapter 15 in the text. Battles & campaigns dicussed include Atlanta, Georgia (aka "March to the Sea"), Hood's Fall 1864 Tennessee Campaign, Petersburg, Appomattox Courthouse, and the surrender of the Confederate armies.
Chapter 15 Lecture, Part 4, 13 January 2010. Middle part of a continuing lecture over the American Civil War, this part concerning the major battles and campaigns of 1863-64, Chapter 15 in the text. Battles & campaigns dicussed include Atlanta, Chancellorsville, Federicksburg (briefly), and Gettysburg.
Chapter 15 Lecture, Part 3, 11 January 2010. Middle part of a continuing lecture over the American Civil War, this part concerning the major battles and campaigns of 1863-64, Chapter 15 in the text. Battles & campaigns dicussed include Shiloh, Vicksburg and Atlanta.
- Chapter 15 Lecture, Part 3, alternate, more or less the same material, recorded during a seperate class session, 12 January 2010.

Chapter 15 Lecture, Part 2, 6 January 2010. Middle part of a continuing lecture over the American Civil War, this part concerning the beginning of the war, and major battles and campaigns of 1861-62, Chapter 15 in the text. (The first part of this lecture was unfortunately not recorded)

Chapter 14 Lecture, 3 December 2009. Complete lecture over the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the election of 1860 and the beginning secessions of Southern states, Chapter 14 in the text.

Chapter 13 Lecture, 30 November 2009. Complete lecture over "Manifest Destiny," the antebellum westward expansion and the Mexican War, Chapter 13 in the text.

Chapter 11 Lecture, 9 November 2009. Complete lecture over the Jacksonian Era, Chapter 11 in the text.

Chapter 10 Lecture, 30 October 2009. Complete lecture over mid-antebellum expansion, sectionalism, and early 19th century issues over slavery, Chapter 10 in the text.