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.