As ex-slaves tried to exercise freedom as Reconstruction began, they encountered obstacles on almost every front. This video analyzes these issues and the adjustments being made.

Reconstruction in the South ended when conservative white southern Democrats regained political power in the region. This video analyzes how and why that happened and what it meant for southern blacks.

This video provides a summary analysis of the successes and failures of Reconstruction, how the era was presented historically, and the legacy of that period.

This video analyzes Radical Republican attempts to reshape the South and southern resistance to those efforts.

The Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist organization whose purpose was to maintain southern white control over blacks through violence and intimidation. This video segment examines the origins and actions of the Klan.

A crucial part of what freedom means is to have the right to vote. This brief video examines the provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution and its limits.

The 14th Amendment is one of the most important additions ever added to the original Constitution. This brief video examines its key provisions and their significance.

This video introduces some of the major issues facing the United States as the nation began reconstruction after the Civil War.

This brief video examines the meaning of the 13th Amendment and its significance in the context of Reconstruction.

In the context of the American revolutionary movement, this video analyzes the causes and consequences of the Boston Massacre.

This video examines how protests, boycotts, and the Boston Tea Party brought out both a significant shift in British policy and a significant movement toward colonial unity.

This video provides a summary analysis of the developing colonial unity in opposition to British policies between 1754 and 1774, and examines the question of inevitability of the American Revolution.

This video briefly examines the convening and importance of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774.

To help pay for the expense of its empire in America, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. This video explains the American reaction to this British move.

This video analyzes the short- and long-term significance of James Otis' arguments against the British Writs of Assistance.

The French and Indian War, fought and won by the British, changed the political dynamics in British North America. This video examines British policies and colonial reactions between 1754 and 1763.

After the French and Indian War, the British proclaimed an arbitrarily drawn line designed to prevent or slow down any westward expansion and to reduce Indian conflict against the Colonists. This video examines the consequences of this decision by the British.

This video assesses how developments since 9-11 have redefined the relationship of the United States with the rest of the world.

The federal government took many steps to increase national security after 9-11. This video analyzes those steps and the inherent conflict between the need for security and the need for freedom.

This video describes one way of coping with the darkness surrounding life in the post-9-11 world.

Focusing on the events of September 11, 2001, this video combines first-person accounts of the day with a broader outline of the attack on America.

This video analyzes the economic, social and cultural effects of contemporary globalization.

Some of the consequences of globalization include job loss, inadequate worker protection, and environmental deterioration. These issues are examined in this video.

This video focuses on the accelerating globalization of culture and the consequences of this development.

This video examines the role free trade plays in economic globalization.