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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic Instructional VideoGilder Lehrman Institute: Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic Instructional Video
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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic

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Gordon Wood, Professor Emeritus at Brown University, and the author of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, examines the post-Revolutionary generation and the tremendous changes that occurred during that period. [39:06]

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expansion, political parties, slavery, democracy

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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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