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Abraham Lincoln's Words

Abraham Lincoln's Words

In this video excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. cites several examples of Lincoln’s use of “seemingly simple but profoundly eloquent language to express and ennoble his cause.” OER Level

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Abraham Lincoln, Attorney at Law

Abraham Lincoln, Attorney at Law

This video segment, excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, explores Lincoln’s years as a "prairie" lawyer. OER Level

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All Things Lincoln

All Things Lincoln

This video segment, excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, explores the ongoing cultural fascination with physical artifacts of Abraham Lincoln’s life. OER Level

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Bush on Lincoln

Bush on Lincoln

In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews former president George W. Bush about Abraham Lincoln and the controversial choices they both faced as wartime leaders. OER Level

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The Civil Rights Cases

The Civil Rights Cases

This video from the series The Supreme Court details both the Court’s contribution to the end of Reconstruction and its first major dissent. OER Level

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The Dickerson Case

The Dickerson Case

Against expectation, Justice William Rehnquist upholds the Miranda warnings in the case of Dickerson v. The United States in this video from the PBS series The Supreme Court. OER Level

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FDR and the Court

FDR and the Court

In this video from The Supreme Court, the Court reverses its practice of protectionism for big business to protect the worker. OER Level

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Having a Strong National Government

Having a Strong National Government

In this video from The Supreme Court, partisan politics influences the development of the United States as a young republic. OER Level

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Is This a Map of the Underground Railroad?

Is This a Map of the Underground Railroad?

In this segment from History Detectives, Anne Zorela, a map collector, believes she's found a map that outlines the routes of the Underground Railroad. OER Level

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The Journey of the Jewish Americans

The Journey of the Jewish Americans

This segment from The Jewish Americans shows how in the 19th century Jews and other groups were sometimes not welcomed when they immigrated to the United States. OER Level

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Lincoln's Early Views

Lincoln's Early Views

In this video segment from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, historians Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and David Blight shed light on the more complicated historical reality behind the romanticized myth of Abraham Lincoln as the morally unassailable “Great Emancipator” of the slaves. OER Level

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Lincoln's Growth and Change

Lincoln's Growth and Change

In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speculates on how different American history might have been had Lincoln lived, and tributes to Lincoln’s enduring legacy culminate in the hope and spectacle of Barack Obama’s 2008 inauguration. OER Level

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Marshall's View of Federalism

Marshall's View of Federalism

This video from The Supreme Court shows the evolution of John Marshall’s ideas on federalism. OER Level

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Maya Lin

Maya Lin

This video segment from New York Voices features Chinese American architect Maya Lin. OER Level

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

In this video, Supreme Court Justice John Marshal, in the case of McCulloch V. Maryland, ruled in favor of national sovereignty over states’ rights. OER Level

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Minersville School District v. Gobitis

Minersville School District v. Gobitis

This segment from The Supreme Court presents the flag saluting case of Minersville v. Gobitis. OER Level

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A New Kind of Justice

A New Kind of Justice

Explore the creation, intention and language of the Fourteenth Amendment in this video from The Supreme Court. OER Level

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Proving Ground

Proving Ground

In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews historian Allan Guelzo about the unprecedented scale of the Civil War and President Lincoln’s own personal attitude toward the Confederacy. OER Level

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Quoting Abraham Lincoln

Quoting Abraham Lincoln

In this video excerpted from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. samples instances of today’s politicians quoting Lincoln in their speeches. OER Level

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Robert Smalls: From Slavery to Politics

Robert Smalls: From Slavery to Politics

In this video from Slavery and the Making of America, explore the political life of Robert Smalls, the legendary U.S. Congressman from South Carolina. OER Level

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