History, American: Resources

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Resources List
American History Overview - PowerPoint
Talk 1: Pre-Columbian America - PowerPoint 
Talk 2: Exploration and Settlements - PowerPoint 
Talk 3: Settlements to Societies - PowerPoint 
Talk 4: British America (1700-1753) - PowerPoint 
Talk 5: Unity to Revolution - PowerPoint 
Talk 6: Revolutionary War (1775-1783) - PowerPoint 
Talk 7: Creating the United States (1783-1792) - PowerPoint 
Talk 8: The Early Republic - PowerPoint 
Talk 9: Jeffersonian America - PowerPoint 
Talk 10: The War of 1812 - PowerPoint 
Talk 11: Era of Good Feelings 1816-1824 - PowerPoint 
Talk 12: Jacksonian Democracy 1824-1840 - PowerPoint 
Talk 13: New Spain, Mexico and the Texas Republic (1818-1836) - PowerPoint
Talk 14: Continental Superpower (1840-1850) - PowerPoint
Talk 15: California and the Gold Rush (1790-1850) - PowerPoint
Talk 16: The Competition of Destinies (1850-1854)  - PowerPoint
Talk 17: The Path to Civil War (1854-1861) - PowerPoint
Talk 18: Civil War (1861-1865) - PowerPoint
Talk 19: Reconstruction & the New South (1865-1900) - PowerPoint
Talk 20: Conquest of the West (1865-1890) - Part One - PowerPoint
Talk 20: Conquest of the West (1865-1890) - Part Two - PowerPoint
Talk 21: The growth of the North and triumph of capital (1865-1894) - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 21: The growth of the North and triumph of capital (1865-1894) - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 21: The growth of the North and triumph of capital (1865-1894) - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 22: A world power emerges (1890-1904)- Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 22: A world power emerges (1890-1904)- Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 22: A world power emerges (1890-1904)- Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 23: US and 20th Century (1898-1900) - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 23: US and 20th Century (1898-1900) - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 24: The Progressive Era (1900-1916) - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 24: The Progressive Era (1900-1916) - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 25: USA and World War One (1914-1920) - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 25: USA and World War One (1914-1920) - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 26: The return to normalcy (1918-1920) - part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 26: The return to normalcy (1918-1920) - part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 27: The Roaring Twenties (1921-1929) - part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 27: The Roaring Twenties (1921-1929) - part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 27: The Roaring Twenties (1921-1929) - part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 27: The Roaring Twenties (1921-1929) - part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 28: Crash, Depression and New Deal (1929-1941) - part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 28: Crash, Depression and New Deal (1929-1941) - part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 28: Crash, Depression and New Deal (1929-1941) - part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 29: Foreign Policy: Isolationism Interrupted (1921-1941) - part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 29: Foreign Policy: Isolationism Interrupted (1921-1941) - part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 29: Foreign Policy: Isolationism Interrupted (1921-1941) - part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 30: "Isolationism interrupted" (1939-1941) and Pearl Harbour - part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 30: "Isolationism interrupted" (1939-1941) and Pearl Harbour - part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 30: "Isolationism interrupted" (1939-1941) and Pearl Harbour - part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 31: European War 1941-1945 - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 31: European War 1941-1945 - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 31: European War 1941-1945 - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 32: The Pacific War 1941-1945... US vs Japan, the division of China, use of Atomic bomb - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 32: The Pacific War 1941-1945... US vs Japan, the division of China, use of Atomic bomb. - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 32: The Pacific War 1941-1945... US vs Japan, the division of China, use of Atomic bomb. - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 32: The Pacific War 1941-1945... US vs Japan, the division of China, use of Atomic bomb. - Part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 33: The post war world 1945-48 - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 33: The post war world 1945-48 - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 33: The post war world 1945-48 - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 34: The age of Consensus 1948-1960 Truman to Eisenhower - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 34: The age of Consensus 1948-1960 Truman to Eisenhower - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 34: The age of Consensus 1948-1960 Truman to Eisenhower - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 34: The age of Consensus 1948-1960 Truman to Eisenhower - Part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 35: The Cold War 1948-1960 - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 35: The Cold War 1948-1960 - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 35: The Cold War 1948-1960 - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 35: The Cold War 1948-1960 - Part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 36: "Camelot"...1960-1963...The Kennedy years - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 36: "Camelot"...1960-1963...The Kennedy years - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 36: "Camelot"...1960-1963...The Kennedy years - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 36: "Camelot"...1960-1963...The Kennedy years - Part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 36: "Camelot"...1960-1963...The Kennedy years - Part 5 - PowerPoint
Talk 37: "Great Society" (1963-1968) the Johnson years - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 37: "Great Society" (1963-1968) the Johnson years - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 37: "Great Society" (1963-1968) the Johnson years - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 38: Vietnam and the Cold War (1961-1974) - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 38: Vietnam and the Cold War (1961-1974) - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 38: Vietnam and the Cold War (1961-1974) - Part 3 - PowerPoint
Talk 38: Vietnam and the Cold War (1961-1974) - Part 4 - PowerPoint
Talk 39 US culture and society: the 1960's - Part 1 - PowerPoint
Talk 39 US culture and society: the 1960's - Part 2 - PowerPoint
Talk 39 US culture and society: the 1960's - Part 3 - PowerPoint
As a summer bonus, a selection of videos of over 30 Flower Power Era songs

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