Lecture series introduces the dynamic process of American history with first-person narratives, photos, film footage, documents, round-table discussions and debates. Presenter, Pauline Maier ; historians, Donald L. Miller, Louis P. Masur, Waldo E. Martin, Jr., Douglas Brinkley, Virginia Scharff. In disc with: Westward expansion -- Rise of capitalism -- Reform impulse.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. New independence -- 3. New republic -- 4. Balanced government -- 5. New constitution -- 6. Constitutional Convention -- 7. Spectre of Secession -- 8. Jefferson legacy.
Summary:
Professor Maier focuses on the struggle to define a new system of government in the Constitution of the United States. The Republic survives a series of threats to its union culminating in the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4th, 1826.
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