This clip discusses what the Emancipation Proclamation was and how it changed the meaning of the Civil War.

The narrator explains the Missouri Compromise, in which a compromise is reached about whether to make Missouri a slave or free state.

John discusses the corruption of the Gilded Age. He goes in to depth about Tammany Hall and how political machines utilized voter fraud and corruption to further their own agendas.

Bass speaks out against slavery to Edwin Epps, a slave owner. Bass tells Epps that he should be more concerned about the condition of his slaves and that they are human beings just like any white men.

William takes Harriet to meet the Underground Railroad committee and officially inducts her as a committee member.