A History of America(2000)
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.
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26 episodes • 2000
Season 1
26 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New World Encounters | Jan 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | English Settlement | Jan 8, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Growth and Empire | Jan 15, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Coming of Independence | Jan 22, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | A New System of Government | Jan 29, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Westward Expansion | Feb 5, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Rise of Capitalism | Feb 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Reform Impulse | Feb 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Slavery | Feb 26, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Coming of the Civil War | Mar 4, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Civil War | Mar 11, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Reconstruction | Mar 18, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 13 | America at its Centennial | Mar 25, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Industrial Supremacy | Apr 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The New City | Apr 8, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The West | Apr 15, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Capital and Labor | Apr 22, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 18 | TR and Wilson | Apr 29, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 19 | A Vital Progressivism | May 6, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Twenties | May 13, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FDR and the Depression | May 20, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 22 | World War II | May 27, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Fifties | Jun 3, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Sixties | Jun 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Contemporary History | Jun 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Redemptive Imagination | Jun 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
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