Khan Academy
US History Overview 1: Jamestown to the Civil War
Complete with territory maps, photos, and interesting anecdotes, this video covers the major events of American History, roughly from 1754 to 1865. Plymouth and Jamestown are mentioned at the beginning of the video, but the speaker...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 - 20 years after the end of the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the United States pays a total of $15 million dollars for French Lousiana Territory. 14 current U.S. states are comprised of the area purchased...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Lewis and Clark
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned Merriwether Lewis and William Clark to find a water route from the east to the west coast of North America which they undertook beginning on May 14, 1804. [1:00]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 2
Continues the discussion of slavery in the new territories, and how Congress admitted new states in pairs - one a free state, the other a slave state.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson and the Constitution: Louisiana Purchase
Video by Tom Richey on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase as part of a series on Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution. [5:16]
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]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Madison and the Louisiana Purchase
Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute about Madison's role in the Louisiana Purchase. [1:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Overview: James Madison
Madison was "the most important person responsible for creating what America is today" and played many roles in the founding of America. Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" gives an overview of his life. [6:04]
HipHughes History
Hip Hughes History: The Jefferson Era in Ten Minutes
Covers John Adams and Jefferson, including the Alien Sedition Act, Nullification, the Election of 1800, the Louisiana Purchase, and Constitutional Power. [10:15]