Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Frontier, Railroads, and Mining
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Emergence of the Frontier, the Expansion of Railroads, and Mining is a round table discussion of groups who have reviewed documents, letters, etc. from movement west to either mine or acquire land,...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Westward Expansion: A New History
Scholars discuss the transformation of the North American continent in the nineteenth century, examining a complicated and violent history from two historical perspectives, that of the major events and policies that accompanied U.S....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: War and Expansion
In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. Famous Americans abound in this episode, including James K Polk (Young...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #17: War & Expansion
John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast...
A&E Television
History.com: Conestoga Wagon Videos: Cumberland Gap
Brian Unger explores the Cumberland Gap and the mysteries behind it. [2:32]
Timelines.tv
Timelines.tv: The American West 03: Wagon Trails to the West (1849)
Recounts the story of 14-year-old Sallie Hester and her 2000-mile journey with her family across the Plains to California in 1849. [9:20]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Women and the Expansion of America
In this video, journalist and best selling author Cokie Roberts and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss women and their role in the expansion of America. [5:33]