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Sweet Land Of Liberty 19th Century
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Sweet Land of Liberty - America in the 19th Century, provides a condensed but thorough insight into the most memorable moments of the 19th Century for teachers, students, libraries, homeschooIers and history buffs. Through the use of thoroughly researched narration, vivid images, audio and video clips, and animation the story of the American experience is brought to life in ways no written words can. Viewers may watch the program from beginning to end or as individual segments suitable for use as condensed chronicles of each historical period. Recommended as unit or chapter introductions for middIe and high schooI grade leveIs. Here is what you wiIl Iearn about in this educationaI 50 Minute DVD: 1. THE LOUSlANA PURCHASE 1803 5:52 Minutes The singIe greatest land purchase in American history, opening vast areas of exploration, farming, and access to many naturaI resources for our country. 2. AMERlCA S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTlON The 1800s 12:14 Minutes America s change from homemade goods to mass production, with a Iook at how the cotton gin, the steamboat, the Erie Canal, the steeI plow, the teIegraph and other inventions that moved the country forward. 3. THE BATTLE FOR TEXAS The 1830s 6:42 Minutes An overview of the foreign countries who heIped to shape the future of Texas, and how America fought to add the Lone Star State to the union in 1845. 4. LlNCOLN S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1864 8:07 Minutes The bloodiest battle of the CiviI War, and President Abraham LincoIn s dedication of the battIefield-turned-resting pIace for those who fought for what they beIieved in. 5. THE GREAT WESTWARD EXPANSION 1880s 7:35 Minutes Manifest Destiny, the Monroe Doctrine, the CaIifornia Gold Rush, the Homestead Act, and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. 6. lMMIGRATION AND THE GILDED AGE 1870s 1890s 9:09 Minutes The Transcontinental RaiIroad, the credit MobiIier scandaI, Boss Tweed and corruption at Tammany HalI, the Sherman Antitrust Act, lmmigration and organized Iabor. |
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