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US History Overview 2 - Reconstruction to the Great Depression Instructional VideoUS History Overview 2 - Reconstruction to the Great Depression Instructional Video
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Khan Academy
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8th - 11th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Media Length
14:23
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Duration
15 mins
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2011
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US History Overview 2 - Reconstruction to the Great Depression

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Ambitiously spanning American history from 1865 to 1941, this video discusses and clarifies topics such as women's suffrage, the sinking of the Maine, and the development of America as a world empire. Maps and photographs will engage your students' interest, as will the speaker's enthusiasm for his subject matter. It could be a helpful review tool in one showing, or a teacher could show select portions throughout many class sessions.

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the fifteenth amendment, constitutional amendments, the fourteenth amendment, the nineteenth amendment, prohibition, progressivism, jim crow laws, reconstruction, the stock market crash of 1929, the great depression, the reconstruction era, women's suffrage, women's rights, the spanish-american war, the thirteenth amendment, world war i

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13th amendment, 14th amendment, 15th amendment, 19th amendment, gold standard, great depression, jim crow laws, prohibition, reconstruction, spanish-american war, stock market crash, women's right to vote, women's suffrage, world war i, coinage act, the maine, social studies

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