This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Abraham Lincoln, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope...

Tom Richey presents a rich summary of the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation in this video. [19:14]

Part two of two episodes on the Civil War. John Green explains the path and outcome of the Civil War, including the Homestead Act, national currency, and an emerging industrial economy. Video illustrates the major impact the Civil War...

The USS Alligator was the U.S. Navy's first submarine in the Civil War. There's a mystery surrounding its inventor and the innovative technology involved.

Series of videos arranged chronologically on a timeline tells a comprehensive story of the Civil War from its inception in 1861 to the abolition of slavery and the period of Reconstruction.

An overview of the Appomattox Campaign of the Civil War, which takes you from Lee's Surrender, to Grant, to Lincoln's Assassination.

Get a fast-forward overview of the major events in American history from Jamestown to the Civil War.

Part two of BackStory Radio episode [53 min. 10 sec.] on the Civil War examines the conflicts and motivations of northerners and southerners who fought and supported the war. Audio and transcript are provided.

Rebroadcast of Part I of a two part series on the beginnings of the Civil War in which the American History Guys discuss the six months prior to Lincoln's election and the road to war. Audio and transcripts are provided in segments.

BackStory episode [52 min. 52 sec.] commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War focusses on the six months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Animated map series of the Battle of Gettysburg brings the Civil War to life in a video depicting key people, re-enactments and battle strategy.

Animated video and map of the Civil War Overland Campaign which gives viewers an understanding of the Civil War through images and depictions of battle strategy.

A clip from a show on the causes of the Civil War. [3:38]

This video and animated map provides a visual overview of some of the most significant events of the dramatic days that followed the fall of Richmond in 1865. [6:21]

How did Northerners, Southerners, and the international community receive Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist novel? Kim and Becca discuss the reception and far-reaching consequences of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. [7:09]

Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the transformation of diplomacy from 18th-century diplomacy, government talking to government, to 20th-century diplomacy, government talking to government and the people [10:04]

The battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil War. In this video, Kim discusses the battle and its consequences. [12:17]

Why was Antietam such an important battle in the Civil War? Kim discusses the international effects of the battle of Antietam. [7:20]

This video discusses how the analysis of food remains and personal items provides insight into the lives of the soldiers and the families of the black enlistees who trained during the Civil War at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County,...

Income tax is seen as a part of American life, but this wasn't always the case. Why did Uncle Sam start taking a slice out of citizens' pockets? [1:00]

America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented. It is presented in a series of 12 documentaries from Rebels to Millennium.

Walt Whitman was a progressive voice and innovative writer during a critical period of change in the United States. In the midst of the Civil War, his poetic and journalistic works, spanning topics from the personal to the political,...

Traces the causes of the Civil War, including the abolitionist movement, debates between the North and the South over slavery, the economic roots of the slave system, political divisions between free and slave states, and the Dred Scott...

What was a day like for a slave living in the pre Civil War era? This video lesson attempts to answer the questions: How many Southerners owned slaves? How were the slaves treated? What types of punishments were common? How did...