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AP United States History

America, Empire of Liberty

A BRITISH Historian's Perspective

Audio lectures in American history
(15 minutes in length)
by David Reynolds, the Professor of International History at Cambridge University.

1st QUARTER

001 - Lost Civilizations
002 - Columbus, Bearer of Death
003 - Borderlands of the Spanish Superpower
004 - New France Astride America's Heartland
005 - English Planters
006 - Faith and Freedom in New England
007 - The Middle Colonies & The Melting Pot
008 - Awakenings And Nightmares
009 - The Battle For Empire
010 - Taxes, Tea And Rights
011 - Declaring Independence
012 - Winning Independence
013 - 'To Form A More Perfect Union'
014 - Making The Republic Work
015 - Founding A Capital
016 - War And Terror
017 - 'Remember The Ladies'
018 - Jefferson's Western Empire
019 - Victims Of Liberty
020 - The Second War Of Independence

2nd QUARTER

021 - 'For Jackson & Democracy'
023 - The Indian 'Trail Of Tears'
022 - A Christian Republic
024 - Frontier Values
026 - The 'Arsenic' Of Mexico
028 - 'Paddies', Papists & Demon Drink
027 - Gold, God And The 'Little Giant'
029 - Slaves, Masters And The 'Slave Power'
030 - 'A House Divided'
031 - The 90 Day War
032 - The Killers Take Command
033 - 'Forever Free'
034 - 'A New Nation'
035 - War Behind The Battle Lines
036 - The Passing Of The Dead
037 - Dead States, New Birth
038 - Reunion But Not Reconstruction
039 - 'New South', Old Ways
040 - War And Memory

3rd QUARTER

041 - Big Business
042 - Made In America
043 - The Cities: America's Pride And Shame
044 - The Farmers And Workers Revolt
045 - Huddled Masses, Savage Hordes
046 - Politics And Progress
047 - Roosevelt And Reform
048 - 'The Taste of Empire'
049 - The Wild West
050 - Fun and God
051 - 'Too Proud To Fight'
052 - A World 'Safe For Democracy'
053 - The Lost Peace
054 - One Hundred Percent American
055 - The Jazz Age Hits Main Street
056 - From Boom To Bust
057 - New Deal
058 - 'A War For The Survival Of Democracy'
059 - Floundering Into War
060 - 'A Hell Of A War'
061 - From World War To Cold War
062 - A World Half-Slave, Half-Free
063 - The Suburban Republic
064 - The Cold War Turns Hot
065 - Defended To Death

 4th QUARTER

066 - The Back Of The Bus
067 - And We Shall Overcome
068 - Black Power
069 - Women's Liberation
070 - The 'War On Poverty'
071 - Cuba - That Four Letter Word
072 - Vietnam - The Battleground Of Freedom
073 - 1968 - Paralysis Of A President
074 - Vietnam - 'Peace With Honor'
075 - Watergate And The Imperial Presidency
076 - America In Retreat
077 - A Constitutional Abortion
078 - The 'Silent Majority' Finds Its Voice
079 - Putting God Back Into Politics
080 - Keeping Faith
081 - The Acting President
082 - Reagan And The 'Evil Empire'
083 - 'Tear Down This Wall'
084 - The Information Revolution
085 - 'A New World Order'
086 - Sole Superpower, Edgy Americans
087 - Multiculturalism Or Disintegration?
088 - 'America Is Under Attack'
089 - Iraq And The 'Axis Of Evil'
090 - 'To Shape An Uncertain Destiny'