United States History Pages

For anyone who plans to go to the Resaca Civil War Reenactment, on the weekend of May 15 & 16, here is their webpage.

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US History Podcasts

Newest episodes are first in the list.

Chapter 30 Lecture, Part 2, 12 May 2010. Second lecture over the early Cold War, Chapter 30 in the text. This covers sections 2-3 in the textbook, the combat operations of the Korean War from the Chosin Reservoir to 1953, and the changes in the civilian world back at home.This is the last lecture of the 2009-2010 school year.
Chapter 30 Lecture, Part 1, 11 May 2010. First lecture over the ear;ly Cold War era, Chapter 30 in the text. This lecture covers the immediate post-WWII political situation in the U.S., the beginnings of the Korean War, as well as the material contained in section 1 in the textbook, the rise of Communist powers in the 1940s and 50s.

Chapter 30 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. These are all the slides for all three sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 29 Lecture, Part 2, 29 April 2010. Second lecture over World War II, Chapter 29 in the text. This covers sections 2-4 in the textbook, the combat operations of the war, and the civilian war at home.
Chapter 29 Lecture, Part 1, 29 April 2010. First lecture over World War II, Chapter 29 in the text. This lecture covers a background introduction to the war, as well as the material contained in section 1 in the textbook, the rise of faschist powers in the 1920s and 30s.

Chapter 29 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. These are all the slides for all four sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 28 Lecture, Part 2, 16 April 2010. Second lecture over the Roosevelt Administration and the New Deal era, Chapter 28 in the text. The audio file for this lecture may have some issues as well, so an alternative lecture that covers essentially the same material can be downloaded here.
Chapter 28 Lecture, Part 1, 14 April 2010. First lecture over the Roosevelt Administration and the New Deal era, Chapter 28 in the text. The audio file for this lecture has some issues, so an alternative lecture that covers essentially the same material can be downloaded here.

Chapter 28 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. This is all the slides for all four sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

Chapter 27 Lecture, Part 2, 19 March 2010. Second lecture over the Hoover Administration and the beginnings of the Great Depression, Chapter 27 in the text. The social and cultural affects of the initial stages of the Depression are also covered in this section.
Chapter 27 Lecture, Part 1, 18 March 2010. First lecture over the Hoover Administration and the Crash of 1929, Chapter 27 in the text.

Chapter 27 Lecture PowerPoint Slides. This is all the slides for all three sections, and two lectures covering these sections.

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.