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U.S. History
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd GarrisonThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Ex-slave Frederick Douglass Joins the AbolitionistsThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the abolitionist movement in the early 1840s. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's CabinThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s best-selling novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was an act of protest against the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and built support for the abolitionist movement. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
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How the Mexican-American War Affected SlaveryThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes how new territory acquired by the United States in the Mexican-American War, and the Great Compromise of 1850 that it generated, fueled greater division between abolitionists and slave owners. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Science of Lewis and Clark This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us some of the plants and animals that Lewis and Clark's Core of Discovery documented in their journals. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
Video |
Southern Abolitionist Angelina GrimkéThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes the efforts of Angelina Grimké, the daughter of a prominent southern slaveholding family, to end slavery and obtain equal rights for women. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Trail of TearsThis video segment adapted from American Experience: "We Shall Remain" features reenactments that depict how the Cherokee were forced by the U.S. government to leave their homes in Georgia and march to new lands west of the Mississippi. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Transcontinental Railroad Recruits Chinese LaborersThis video segment adapted from American Experience examines the participation of Chinese laborers in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad during the 1860s. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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