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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.3 AME Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 4Summary Note: This exciting program uncovers the seeds of the American Revolution and explains that the causes were rooted in England's imperial policies. It introduces the resistance leaders, Patriots and Loyalists, and the events leading to the Boston Massacre.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.6 CAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 8Summary Note: Reveals how the interests of the industrial North and the agricultural South (the Cotton Belt) came to clash over critical issues such as plantation slavery, and how these issues eventually led to the secession of the southern states.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.7 CIV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 9Summary Note: This program utilizes exciting reenactments, artifacts and interviews to explore key battles of the Civil War, life on the northern and southern homefronts, and the role of African Americans in the war.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.2 ERA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 2Summary Note: The impact of the English in the New World, changes to Native American societies, religious diversity and freedom, and the role of the Pennsylvania Quakers. The French and Indian War occurs during this time as the struggle for control in North America unfolds.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.913 GRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 16Summary Note: American neutrality could not keep the U.S. from the road to world war. Dramatic footage, photographs and interviews illuminate significant events during this time, such as the formation of the War Industries Board, the Great Migration, the Espionage and Sedition Acts, the American Expeditionary Force in Europe and President Wilson's Fourteen Points. The Strikes of 1919, the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids are also covered.
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-- Immigration & cultural change.2003, c1998., Pre-adolescent, Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history : origins to 2000 Volume: vol. 12.Summary Note: Discusses the influx of immigrants to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, describing the roles played by public schools, movies, newspapers, and sports in helping immigrants adjust to American life; the dangers faced by many in American factories and slums; and laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.914 ROA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 17Summary Note: This riveting program outlines an America focused on post-war prosperity. The U.S. economy was in the midst of a third industrial revolution and the automobile and consumer goods sparked fundamental changes in daily life.The Strikes of 1919, the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids are also covered.
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2003., Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.1 THR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history video collection; origins to 2000 Volume: v. 1Summary Note: Human arrival in North America; Native American life; the Americas, West Africa and Europe on the eve of contact; Age of Exploration; the Columbian exchange and ecological interactions; Spanish conquests.
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c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 13.Summary Note: Examines the period of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century.
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-- New nation (1776-1815)2002., Pre-adolescent, Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 5.Summary Note: America struggles to create a new government as it deals with Shays' Rebellion and the Constitutional Convention.
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-- Democracy & reform.c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 7.Summary Note: "As America expanded, many people prospered, while others, especially immigrants in large urban areas, struggled with poverty, substance abuse and homelessness. In addition, property qualifications limited the number of citizens who could vote. See how Andrew Jackson's rise to the presidency prompted significant social and political change. Gradually, property qualifications were eliminated and more men gained the right to vote. Viewers learn about the Seneca Falls Convention, the first organized attempt to address the rights of women. This program also addresses how others tried to improve both themselves and society. During this period, many people sought to end the most divisive issue in America-- slavery-- and strove for a stronger, more unified nation."--Container.
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-- Expansionism.c1996, 2003., Pre-adolescent, Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 6.Summary Note: Covers the growth of the country in the early nineteenth century under president Thomas Jefferson.
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-- Immigration & cultural change.c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 12.Summary Note: Examines the large infusion of immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century and public schools, movies, newspapers and sports helped to Americanize the newcomers.
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-- Industrialization and urbanization (1870-1910)c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 11.Summary Note: Examines the development of the steam engines and the railroad, which served as the catalyst for western expansion, economic growth and the development of large corporations.
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-- Post-war U.S.A.c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 20.Summary Note: This riveting program outlines an America focused on post-war prosperity.
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-- Reconstruction & segregation (1865-1910)c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 10.Summary Note: "The conclusion of the Civil War marked the end of slavery and of the Confederacy, but also the beginning of the monumental challenges of how to readmit the southern states into the Union and how to ensure the liberty of over three million newly freed African Americans. This program examines the antebellum struggles of Congress to rebuild the south as an equal and free society by means of the Reconstruction Amendments. It also looks at social and economic opposition to the citizenship of former slaves, including such obstacles as the Ku Klux Klan, sharecropping and black segregation."--Container.
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-- Cold War.c2001, 2003., Pre-adolescent, Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 21.Summary Note: The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II at odds over their post-war goals leading to a tense, bitter struggle known as the Cold War. This coverage features the crisi in Berlin, Fidel Castro and Cuba and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union.
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-- Great Depression & the New Deal.c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 18.Summary Note: This riveting program explores the causes of the Great Depression and and the stock market crash. With the nation in turmoil, a newly-elected Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" to the American people to restore confidence in the nation's financial system, get people back to work and bring relief to all segments of the economy.
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c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 24.Summary Note: Traces the United States' involvement in the turbulence of the Middle East. Examines the Arab-Israeli conflict and Cold War tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as reasons for U.S. involvement.
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-- Progressive movement.c2003., Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 973 UNI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States history, origins to 2000 Volume: v. 14.Summary Note: "The Progressive Movement at the turn of the 20th century was a response to the major social problems left in the wake of the nation's unbridled industrial expansion and the massive influx of new immigrants from Europe. See how Progressive Era reformers sought to gain citizen control over the nation's monopolistic corporations, and witness the success they had improving the lives and working conditions of America's industrial workforce. Viewers will also learn about the suffrage movement, Progressive-era crusaders like Jacob Riis and W.E.B. DuBois, as well as other more radical groups such as the Socialists and the Industrial Workers of the World."--Container.