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124 Clips
This playlist provides clips that illustrate key concepts in American History in the 1800s and 1900s.
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03:59
West Side Story: America
History
Psychology
immigration
american history
group dynamics
polarization
E
MS
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03:01
Schoolhouse Rock!: The Great American Melting Pot
History
Sociology
immigration
american history
cultural diversity
K
E
MS
03:44
Pearl Harbor: We Are at War
History
american history
world war ii
presidents
us entrance
fdr
pearl harbor retaliation
pearl harbor attack
MS
HS
04:34
All the President's Men: Freedom of the Press
History
Law
american history
united states constitution
first amendment
watergate scandal
HS
C
04:01
It's a Wonderful Life: Bank Run
Finance
History
american history
debt
stock market crash of 1929
loans
HS
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01:52
Seabiscuit: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
History
american history
stock market crash of 1929
great depression
E
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04:01
The Help: Bathroom Segregation
History
american history
segregation
MS
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03:21
Animaniacs: The Presidents Song
History
american history
u.s. presidents
E
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02:59
Far and Away: The Oklahoma Land Rush
History
american history
westward expansion
E
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01:47
Pearl Harbor: Infamy Speech
History
american history
world war ii
presidents
infamy speech
us entrance
fdr
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03:00
Frost/Nixon: Watergate Questioning
History
american history
watergate scandal
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03:33
Iron Jawed Angels: Everyone's Tired
History
american history
women's suffrage
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03:01
Schoolhouse Rock!: Sufferin Til Suffrage
History
american history
women's suffrage
MS
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03:47
Iron Jawed Angels: Force Feeding
History
american history
women's suffrage
alice paul
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03:16
All in the Family: I Wanna Sit In My Chair
History
american history
presidents
fdr
fireside chats
MS
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02:26
Gangs of New York: Innocent Citizens Hanged
History
american history
new york draft riots of 1863
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02:10
Gangs of New York: The Draft Riots
History
american history
new york draft riots of 1863
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01:21
The Grapes of Wrath: I'll Be There Speech
History
Literature
american history
great depression
john steinbeck
grapes of wrath
MS
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03:56
The Grapes of Wrath: They're Paying Good Wages
History
american history
great depression
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04:21
The Simpsons: Prohibition in Springfield
History
american history
united states constitution
prohibition
18th amendment
speakeasy
MS
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01:47
DuckTales (1987): Work Smarter, Not Harder
History
immigration
american history
american dream
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02:53
Apollo 13: Houston, We Have a Problem
History
american history
history of space travel
apollo 13
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02:43
42: They Aren't Letters from the Jackie Robinson Fan Club
History
american history
black history
jackie robinson
MS
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01:12
42: Why Did You Do This?
History
american history
black history
jackie robinson
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02:01
Malcolm X: Before Everything, We Were Black
History
Sociology
american history
solidarity
black history
malcolm x
MS
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01:59
Apollo 13: Landing on the Moon
History
american history
history of space travel
apollo 1
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02:00
Amistad: The Natural State of Mankind
History
american history
slavery
abolition
presidents
john quincy adams
MS
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03:12
12 Years a Slave: It's All Wrong
History
american history
slavery
abolition
MS
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02:33
The Ernest Green Story: Little Rock Crisis
History
american history
civil rights movement
little rock crisis
little rock nine
MS
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02:53
Key & Peele: Auction Block
History
american history
slavery
slave auctions
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00:58
Pearl Harbor: War is Inevitable
History
american history
world war ii
pearl harbor attack
japanese imperialism
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01:46
Bomb Girls: Women in the Factory
History
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world war ii
women's role
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03:48
Roots (1977): Mutiny on a Slave Ship
History
american history
slavery
slave rebellion
european exploration
MS
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03:43
The Alamo (1960): The First Wave
History
american history
texas revolution
battle of the alamo
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02:56
The Alamo (1960): Colonel Travis's Speech
History
american history
texas revolution
battle of the alamo
MS
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01:42
Seabiscuit: The Model T
History
american history
industrial revolution
assembly line
MS
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03:08
The Purple Heart: The Final Speech
History
american history
world war ii
doolittle raid
MS
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03:56
Gods and Generals: Lee Refuses Command
History
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civil war
robert e. lee
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01:08
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: The Name Is Amelia
History
history of aviation
amelia earhart
E
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03:24
JFK: The Truth
History
democracy
american history
trust
government
assassination of john f. kennedy
trial of clay shaw
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02:26
Gone with the Wind: All We Got Is Cotton, Slaves, and Arrogance
History
american history
civil war
weaknesses of the south
MS
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04:01
Selma: Turnaround Tuesday
History
american history
civil rights
martin luther king
civil rights movement
turnaround tuesday
MS
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01:14
Free State of Jones: Free State of Jones
History
american history
civil war
secession
newton knight
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03:49
Gettysburg: Bayonet Charge
History
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civil war
battle of little round top
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03:27
Born on the Fourth of July: Vietnam War Protest
History
Self-management
sel
american history
self-discipline
vietnam war
opposition to us involvement
defiance
character education
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02:42
Born on the Fourth of July: Syracuse University Protest
History
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vietnam war
opposition to us involvement
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01:48
Teen Titans Go!: The Oregon Trail
History
american history
westward expansion
oregon trail
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04:57
Forrest Gump: Forrest in Vietnam
Geography
History
american history
cold war
vietnam war
terrain
jungle warfare
vietnam
climate
MS
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01:52
The Boondocks: Rosa Parks
History
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civil rights
rosa parks
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01:12
Princess Kaiulani: The Princess Gives an Impassioned Speech
History
hawaiian history
american colonization
hawaiian independence
imperialism
resistance
MS
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02:12
The Quiet American: Saving a Country and a Woman
History
world history
cold war
vietnam war
MS
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01:33
The Founder: Selling the American Dream
american dream
nationalism
national ethos
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02:11
The Great Debaters: Revolution
History
Literature
renaissance
langston hughes
gwendolyn bennett
harlem renaissance
MS
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02:58
The Great Debaters: The Time for Justice
History
american history
rights
socio-economic rights
right to education
racial segregation
unequal access to education
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02:11
The Longest Day: The British Invasion
History
world war ii
d-day
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04:07
The Thrifty Pig: Thrifty Pig
History
world war ii
united states propaganda
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01:50
The Color Purple: Hell No
Communication
Relationships
discrimination
racism
race relations
american south
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03:02
Schoolhouse Rock!: Elbow Room
Social Studies
westward expansion
u.s. colonization
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05:03
I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph Surrenders
History
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westward expansion
nez perce war
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02:37
America: The Story of Us: The Creation of California
History
forty-niners
westward expansion
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gold rush
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01:22
Lincoln: This Amendment Is That Cure
History
Law
american history
united states constitution
civil war
13th amendment
MS
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01:38
Lincoln: Yeaman Congress
History
american history
slavery
arguments against emancipation
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01:59
Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
History
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presidents
abraham lincoln
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03:58
The Rosa Parks Story: Rosa Parks is Arrested
History
Literature Themes
american history
racial segregation
civil rights
rosa parks
civil rights movement
montgomery bus boycott
E
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02:14
America: The Story of Us: The Modern Factory is Born
History
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industrial revolution
effects of industrialization
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04:08
Triangle: Remembering the Fire: The Fire
History
american history
industrial revolution
labor conditions
urbanization
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
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03:16
Newsies: King of New York
History
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industrial revolution
urbanization
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03:51
Newsies: Santa Fe
History
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industrial revolution
the role of transportation
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01:46
Animated Hero Classics: It's Not Going Out!
History
american history
electricity
inventors
industrial revolution
thomas edison
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02:04
It's a Wonderful Life: Bedford Falls Supports the War
History
american history
world war ii
the home front
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02:34
Gettysburg: Colonel Chamberlain's Speech
History
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civil war
battle of little round top
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02:42
Bet You Didn't Know: History of Trench Warfare
History
world history
world war i
trench warfare
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04:59
Survival Under Atomic Attack: Survival Under Atomic Attack
History
american history
cold war
arms race
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05:11
Biography: John F. Kennedy Mini Bio
History
american history
presidents
john f. kennedy
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02:10
Glory: The Battle of Antietam
History
american history
civil war
the battle of antietam
character education
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02:31
An American Tail: The Promise of America
Culture
immigration
world cultures
the american dream
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01:47
The Newsroom: You've Committed Espionage
Law
united states code
title 18
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01:04
Bridge of Spies: American Justice
Social Studies
united states constitution
6th amendment
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02:46
Bet You Didn't Know: Prohibition Era
History
american history
united states constitution
prohibition
18th amendment
21st amendment
MS
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02:54
13th: 13th Amendment Consequences
discrimination
social behavior
racial discrimination
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02:36
Bet You Didn't Know: Story of the Bus Boycott
History
american history
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rosa parks
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montgomery bus boycott
E
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05:02
Adam Ruins Everything: The History of the Suburbs
History
american history
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segregation
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01:13
The Sixties: Segregation and Martin Luther King Jr.
History
american history
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segregation
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04:29
The Sixties: Segregation Forever
History
american history
civil rights
segregation
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03:01
The Help: Minny Gets Fired
Literature Themes
racial segregation
E
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02:11
Boyz n the Hood: Gentrification
architecture
urban planning
gentrification
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02:09
Gangs of New York: The Five Points Neighborhood
History
american history
urbanization
effects of urbanization
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01:22
Rough Riders: Teddy Roosevelt Advocates for Imperialism
History
american history
imperialism
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teddy roosevelt
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03:55
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi: The Making of the Nazi
History
world war ii
nazi propaganda
adolf hitler
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02:16
Family Guy: Stealing The U-boat
History
world war ii
german u-boats
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02:35
Breaking the Code: The Enigma Has To Be Broken
History
cryptography
encryption
world war ii
substitution cipher
enigma machine
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05:00
Anne Frank: The Whole Story: The Train Journey
History
world war ii
holocaust
auschwitz concentration camp
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01:24
The Best Years of Our Lives: PTSD Nightmare
Disorders
health education
mental disorders
post-traumatic stress disorder
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01:36
American Dad!: Iran-Contra Scandal
History
american history
world history
cold war
iran-contra affair
reagan administration
oliver north
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02:05
United Newsreel: 1944 to 1945: Conference in Crimea
History
world history
world war ii
yalta conference
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02:15
Bet You Didn't Know: World War I Overview
History
world history
world war i
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02:13
Bet You Didn't Know: History of Veterans Day
History
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holidays
veterans day
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02:12
Fat Man and Little Boy: Testing of the Atomic Bomb
History
world history
world war ii
manhattan project
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02:59
Darkest Hour: Churchill's Plea for Aid
History
american history
world history
world war ii
neutrality acts
dunkirk evacuation
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02:37
Truman: Deciding to Drop the Bomb
History
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atomic bomb
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04:49
Truman: Truman Sworn Into Office
History
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presidents
harry truman
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01:47
Truman: The Manhattan Project
History
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world war ii
manhattan project
atomic bomb
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03:18
Nuremberg (2000): Auschwitz Details
History
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the nuremberg trials
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04:01
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change: The Treaty of Versailles
History
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world war i
treaty of versailles
wilson's fourteen points
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02:45
Fall of Eagles: Austria-Hungary Declares War
History
world history
world war i
assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
prelude to the war
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The Day That Shook The World (1975): WWI Chain Reaction
History
world history
world war i
assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
outbreak of the war
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01:23
The Sixties: The First Man in Space
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world history
cold war
space race
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05:03
The Sixties: The Bay of Pigs Fails
History
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cold war
bay of pigs
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03:15
The Sixties: The Berlin Wall Goes Up
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berlin wall
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The Sixties: A Nuclear World
History
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arms race
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02:35
The Sixties: Kennedy and Khrushchev Come Together
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test ban treaty
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02:58
The Sixties: Communism and Vietnam
History
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cold war
the domino effect
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03:38
Anne Frank: The Whole Story: Anne Frank in Hiding
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anne frank
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03:20
History: Who Was Anne Frank?
Communication
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racism
world war ii
holocaust
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01:05
Crash Course: Battle of Stalingrad
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battle of stalingrad
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02:54
Mad Men: Great Depression Vagrancy
History
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unemployment
hobos
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01:36
Fail Safe (2000): Destroy Russia? For What?
History
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first-strike attack
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02:34
Bet You Didn't Know: March on Washington Overview
History
american history
civil rights
martin luther king
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march on washington
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03:46
Biography: W.E.B. Du Bois Mini Bio
History
american history
civil rights
intellectuals
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03:30
Biography: Booker T. Washington Mini Bio
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intellectuals
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02:49
Selma: Dr. King in Jail
History
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martin luther king
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05:06
The Sixties: Sit-ins and Nonviolence
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sit-ins
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04:09
The Sixties: The Freedom Riders
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freedom riders
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01:30
The Sixties: Securing the Right to be Heard
History
american history
resistance
civil rights
HS