Wonderscape
The Prohibition Era: Understanding the Eighteenth Amendment
Explore the history and impact of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, known as the Prohibition Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors. Learn about the...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - Women In The Progressive Era
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
Crash Course
Women in the 19th Century Crash Course US History
In which John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes. Things were also in a...
Mr. Beat
How Did Feminism Start?
On January 21, 2017, millions around the world marched to promote legislation and policies supporting women's rights, among other things. The main event was in Washington, D.C., known as the Women's March on Washington. It featured over...
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1872
For the most part, Ulysses Grant remained popular during his first term as President, especially with the majority of Republicans. He got his party's renomination. However, some Republicans did not like him so much. For one thing, they...
Weird History
What Were Wild West Saloons Like?
Wild West saloons have been portrayed in popular culture as dens of vice and violence. Located throughout the American frontier, Western saloons were part of the landscape, present in small camps and growing towns alike. Saloons in the...
Makematic
The Second Great Awakening
Between the 1790s and the 1830s, the United States experienced a Second Great Awakening, as religious revivalists campaigned to improve the moral and spiritual character of the country.
Crash Course
19th Century Reforms
Take a closer look at the religious and moral reform movements in nineteenth century America, including the creation of utopian communities in response to the growth of the market economy, the fundamental ideals of Protestant...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Early Temperance Movement Spread and Temporary Decline
In this video lesson [6:19], origins of the temperance movement is explained, along with why it declined.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Second Great Awakening Reform and Religious
The Second Great Awakening played a role in major reform movements of the nineteenth century, including temperance and abolition. In the last video in this series, Kim discusses some of the new religious movements and reform movements...
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The Temperance Movement
Brief video gives a short history of the temperance movement in the United States, and the build-up to the Prohibition Era. [5:08]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: The Early Temperance Movement
What happened to the nineteenth-century temperance movement? Becca discusses the rise of the American Temperance Society, teetotalism, and the temporary pause in the movement that accompanied the Civil War. [6:19]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: The Early Temperance Movement Origins
What started the temperance movement, which attempted to curb the consumption of alcohol in the United States? Becca discusses the temperance movement of the early 19th century. [4:52]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Women in the 19th Century
In which John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes. Things were also in a...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History: #16: Women in the 19th Century
In this Crash Course video, John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes....