3 Units
U.S. History from 1865 to the Present
AMERICA IN PERSPECTIVE
AMERICA IN PERSPECTIVE is an introductory-level college telecourse focusing on the development of the United States after the Civil War. AMERICA IN PERSPECTIVE chronologically analyzes the people, events and forces that made America what it is today. The 26 half-hour programs combine historical film and photographs with interviews of leading historians and living eyewitnesses to history, providing an analytical frame of reference through which events of the past and present can be understood.
It has 26 episodes, broadcasted by KVCR-TV, REPEATED on Tuesdays from
11:00-12:00 noon on the following dates:
The Columbian Exchange
British America: Setting in the Southern Colonies
British America:Setting in New England
Diversifying America: Life in a New Century
Diversifying America: Slavery and Identity
Making a Revolution
Declaring Independence
Winning Independence
Inventing a Nation
Searching for Stability
A Peaceful Transfer of Power
Jefferson's Vision of America
The Market Revolution
A White Man's Democracy
The Slave South
Perfecting America
Moving Westward: The U.S.-The Mexican War
Crisis and Compromise
Irrepressible Conflicts
The Union Collapses
And the War Came
The Home Fronts
Union Preserved, Freedom Secured
Reconstructing the Nation
The Shape of America
9/9/2003
9/16/2003
9/16/2003
9/23/2003
9/23/2003
9/30/2003
9/30/2003
10/7/2003
10/7/2003
10/14/2003
10/14/2003
10/21/2003
10/21/2003
10/28/2003
10/28/2003
11/4/2003
11/4/2003
11/11/2003
11/11/2003
11/18/2003
11/18/2003
11/25/2003
11/25/2003
12/2/2003
12/2/2003
