America at 250: The Podcast

Professors Beverly Gage, David Blight and Joanne Freeman recap their final lectures on the late 20th century and reminisce about the Bicentennial.

The final class in the course is presented by Professors Beverly Gage, David Blight, and Joanne Freeman with a recap of how we got to America at 250 and what we can all learn from the history.

Professor Beverly Gage wraps up her portion of the course with a look at the 1980s through 2007 as the nation moves from consensus politics to more divisive trends.

Professor Beverly Gage describes the growing movements on the left and the right in the 1960s and 70s while Professors Blight and Freeman try to resist the urge to stroll down memory lane.

The progress of the conservative movement in late 20th Century America is examined by Professor Beverly Gage in this lecture.

The 1960s brought prosperity, violence, and protests. Professor Beverly Gage brings into focus some of the important trends and events.

Professors Joanne Freeman and David Blight ask Professor Beverly Gage about her recent lectures on World War II and the Cold War.

The aftermath of World War II brought prosperity to America along with a growing fear of Communism. Professor Beverly Gage brings the class through the ‘red menace’ and a new security state.

World War II was the most significant event of the 20th Century and is one of the issues discussed by Professor Beverly Gage in this class.

Professors David Blight, Joanne Freeman, and Beverly Gage discuss Professor Gage’s recent lectures on the Progressive Era, The New Deal, and some Warren Harding fun facts.

The New Deal, FDR, Labor, and the 1930s are the topics covered by Professor Beverly Gage in this class.

From the bully pulpit of Theodore Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson and the Great War, Professor Beverly Gage continues the examination of early 20th Century America.

Professors Beverly Gage and David Blight discuss Professor Gage’s first lecture on the United States’ identity crisis in the early 20th century.

Professor Beverly Gage begins her 8 classes for the final portion of the course with issues surrounding immigration.

The lingering costs of the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the westward expansion are topics of Professor David Blight’s final lecture in the series.

Professor Beverly Gage asks David Blight to expand on his recent lectures on the Reconstruction and all the challenges it faced.

What becomes of a nation filled with corruption that’s covered with gold. Professor David Blight returns to Mark Twain as he details the Gilded Age and what it brings.

The Presidential election of 1868 was the first after the Civil War and the first where freed slaves could vote. The 1860s and 1870s are explored by Professor David Blight.

“Beware the people weeping, when they bear the iron hand.” Professor David Blight examines Reconstruction, past and present.

In this episode, Professor David Blight answers the simple question: What caused the Civil War?

It comes to war. Professor David Blight takes the class through the Civil War, emancipation, and shape of things to come.

John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and the Lincoln – Douglas debates are two key parts of Professor David Blight’s examination of the road to Civil War.

Professors Beverly Gage and Joanne Freeman ask Professor David Blight about his recent lectures about early Republicans, The Slave Power conspiracy, and the slave narratives that affected them most.

Professor David Blight continues with the lead up to the Civil War.

The Mexican – American War from 1846-1848 had an immense impact on the territory of America and the issue of slavery. Professor David Blight begins his series of classes with an in depth review.