TTC Video – History of the United States, 2nd Edition

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TTC Video – History of the United States, 2nd Edition

This is the Story of Immigrants are allowed to enter a country of the The late 19th and early twentieth centuries saw people living in cramped tenement apartments that were lit by dangerous kerosene lamps. It was a country that, in reality, is barely half a country.-Century later, John Kenneth Galbraith, the renowned economist, described Galbraith as “The Affluent Society.”
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This is the chronicle of A nation that has enslaved a people of people. And of A nation that won a Civil War to free its slaves and abolish discrimination and segregation.

This is history that was shaped by the Revolutionary War and Vietnam as well as Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton, Puritanism, Feminism and Puritanism, Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King and Jamestown, Harpers Ferry, Henry Ford, oil wells, and Orson Welles.

This is a review of the Incredible combination of Ideas, people, inventions, events, and other elements that make up The History of the United States. This seven-part, 84-lecture series, three noted historians and lecturers—two of whom teach other popular Teaching Company courses—present the Through their regions, the nation’s history of Particular interest

This Sweeping Series features three outstanding instructors

This presentation includes three award winners-You can win professors

Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era Professor of History Gettysburg College, former Dean of Templeton Honors College at Eastern University He examines the Beginnings of European settlement through the Great Compromise of 1850. His teaching awards include the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching the University of Pennsylvania. Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President is his most recent book. the Lincoln Prize the Book Prize of the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic.
Dr. Gary W. Gallagher the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War the University of Virginia and a leading Civil War expert. He presents the Pre-Civil War through Reconstruction. His teaching includes guided tours and personal instruction of Major battlefields, and has received high praise from students. He is also a frequent lecturer, author, and speaker. He also teaches. the Great Course: The American Civil War.
Dr. Patrick N. Allitt is Professor of History Emory University talks about 19th-Through the century of industrialization the early 21st century. He was elected to the office in 2000. the National Endowment for the Humanities/Arthur Blank Professorship of Teaching in the Humanities and recent awards the Emory Center for Teaching and Curriculum’s Excellence in Teaching Awards. He also teaches American Religious Studies and The Great Courses Victorian Britain. History.

As they unfold, you will be guided by them. the Factors that have allowed the United States to be the Largest, wealthiest and most powerful democratic republic ever created. These factors include its:

Sense of National destiny, confidence and exceptionalism
Religiosity, belief in virtue
Abundance of Entrepreneurial talent and natural resources
Acceptability of a variety of opinions of Immigrants
The key to turning the tides of success the Theorie of Democracy becomes a reality

What You’ll Learn: A Voyage of Discovery

In the opening lecture, Professor Guelzo describes the As “a voyage of discovery. Not a voyage to another continent or another hemisphere or even a trip to another planet, but to something which may be even stranger, and that is the history of the United States.”

You’ll discover a past America that is often quite different to what you had been taught or what you imagined.

When it comes to figures as varied as:

Jacques Cartier. He was born in 1534. “surprised to sight Indians, along what he thought was an unexplored Atlantic coastline, waving furs on sticks as an invitation for the Europeans to come down to the beach and trade.”

James Monroe and Robert Livingston They made the Louisiana Purchase, the Without approval from then, the greatest real-estate deal in history-President Thomas Jefferson (they didn’t have the time to tell him). Jefferson had no constitutional authority to make the changes. the treaty of Finalized cession the purchase. He sent the To document the Senate the comment, “The less we say about Constitutional difficulties the better.”

Carrie Nation. Before she attacked and destroyed a saloon, the savvy temperance advocate hired an advertising manager. She even sold autographed copies of the The axes she used.

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Isaac Singer. The pioneering sewing machine magnate Isaac Singer invented universal business strategies such as nationwide advertising, installment plans and payments.

What you will learn is:

The most influential novel of American history (hint, its female author met Abraham Lincoln)
Why the West side was the The best places to live are in the older U.S. towns (prevailing winds blow smoke away from you).
What the The Wizard: Book of Oz was all about (the Election of 1896).

Reading History “Forward”

Additional benefit of The beauty of this course is that they also present U.S. History. Professors Gallagher and Allitt provide a mini-course.-Course on teaching and learning history.

They carry a variety of messages. of Highly useful lessons about how to think and view history, put it in perspective, and comprehend it. These include a strong emphasis on the An ability to use both the political and social contexts that influenced important decisions and events. the Short-Both term and long-Term views of issues.

His lectures included the following: the Professor Gallagher warns against civil war and reconstruction the We know history’s outcome, and that is why we “read history backward,” often distorts our understanding. He reminds us repeatedly to “read forward, not backward” To understand the psychology of people of the Times witnessed events as they happened.

Successes too often taken for granted

Professor Allitt shares his reflections on the All aspects of U.S. history is unique and notable. the degree the Nation has lived up its ideals. He observes that America may be falling short. of Its own high standards are also a hallmark. “but compared to the other nations of the world, America was far more impressive for its successes than for its failings.”

Some of These successes, Professor Allitt explains, are so obvious we often fail them to notice. The United States have reached an exceptional level of For a long time, there has been political stability and civil peace within the country. “We’re so familiar with it that it’s easy to forget how rare it is,” Professor Allitt notes.

This is the one of the Many important and often overlooked details of This course will show you the U.S. history. You can find it all throughout. the nation’s existence, even during the Democracy has always worked in civil war. Elections have always occurred. the Losers accept that they lost, and leave office. the Military has never attempted overthrow the civilian government.

Maybe this is a legacy of the George Washington is the most beloved and respected American of all time.

At the End of the Revolutionary War, some of Washington’s officers suggested that the The Continental Army should assume control the his country and make him the The first King of America. Washington flatly rejected the Offer, he resigned from his commission and rode to Mount Vernon.

King George III of Britain was shocked by the idea that anyone could reject power in such a way. “If this is true,” the The king said: “then he is the greatest man of the age.”

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