19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
In which John Green teaches you about various reform movements in the 19th century United States. From Utopian societies to the Second Great Awakening to the Abolition movement, American society was undergoing great changes in the first half of the 19th century. Attempts at idealized societies popped up (and universally failed) at Utopia, OH, New Harmony, IN, Modern Times, NY, and many other places around the country. These utopians had a problem with mainstream society, and their answer was to withdraw into their own little worlds. Others didn't like the society they saw, and decided to try to change it. Relatively new protestant denominations like the Methodists and Baptists reached out to the unchurched during the Second Great Awakening, and membership in evangelical sects of Christianity rose quickly. At the same time, Abolitionist societies were trying to free the slaves. Americans of the 19th century had looked at the world they were living in, and decided to change it. Support CrashCourse on Patreon:
Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. Of all of the reform movements of the 1800s, few were as impactful as the movement to abolish slavery:
Women were heavily involved in
the abolitionist movement, and firsthand stories like freed slave Harriet Ann Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl were important to the cause:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
On Saturday, September 24, 2016, the public witnessed the outdoor dedication ceremony of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Wrestling with His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1849–1856
Volume II of Sidney Blumenthal’s acclaimed biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future President’s genius as he found his voice and helped create a new political party. A book signing follows the program.
Louisiana Radical: James Longstreet and Reconstruction (Lecture)
Park Ranger Karlton Smith discusses Longstreet's post-war politics, his role in shaping reconstruction in Louisiana, his involvement with some of the era's major players, and his participation in the Battle of Liberty Place.
John Robbins & Mike Mills - Preserving an Icon - The Statue of Liberty Part 1
John Robbins & Mike Mills - Preserving an Icon - The Statue of Liberty Part 1
Life in Kansas City 300 Million of Years Ago, by Richard J. Gentile, Ph.D.
Life in Downtown Kansas City Million Years Ago.
Big Muddy Speakers Series (Kansas City) hosted by
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geology had on the Cities development, and our lives today.
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Millions of summers ago, Kansas City was beachfront property:
oceans, rain forests, palm trees and giant ferns. Not to mention
a strange array of giant creatures — mastodons, mammoths,
grizzly-sized sloths — stomping through town. Cruise even further
back in time – oh, say 300 million more years, and the area was a
shallow sea teeming with aquatic life. Now, fast forward to the
start of summer of 2015, when the geology of Kansas City is
hidden by a forest of buildings and rivers of concrete and
asphalt.
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Religion in American History: Moments of Crisis & Opportunity
As part of the annual meeting of the Library's Scholars Council, a panel of noted historians discussed the affect of religion and religious beliefs during moments of crisis and opportunity in American history.
Speaker Biography: John Witte is is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, McDonald Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is a specialist in legal history, marriage law and religious liberty. Witte's writings have appeared in 12 languages, and he has lectured and convened conferences in North America, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, Israel, Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa. With major funding from the Pew, Ford, Lilly, Luce and McDonald foundations, he has directed 12 major international research projects on democracy, human rights and religious liberty, and on marriage, family and children. Witte is a past holder of the Kluge Center's Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History.
Speaker Biography: Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, is an expert on religion in American public life and the law of church and state, especially how religious liberty developed over the course of American history. She is a frequent commentator in news media on the constitutional law of religion and debates about religious freedom. Her current book project, Freedom's Holy Light: Disestablishment in America, 1776-1876, is about the historical relationships among religion, politics and law.
Speaker Biography: Peter Manseau is the Lilly Endowment Curator of American Religious History at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. He is the author of six books, including the memoir Vows, the novel Songs for the Butcher's Daughter, the travelogue Rag and Bone, and the retelling of America's diverse spiritual formation One Nation, Under Gods. Manseau is the winner of the National Jewish Book Award, the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature, the Ribalow Prize for Fiction and a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship.
Speaker Biography: Ted Widmer is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress and the author or editor of many works of American history, including The New York Times Disunion: A History of the Civil War, Listening In: The Secret White House Tape Recordings of John F. Kennedy, Ark of the Liberties: America and the World and American Speeches, Martin Van Buren and Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City.
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WPT University Place: 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, discusses the factors that caused the Bronze Age to come to an end. Cline focuses on events of 1177 BC including earthquakes, drought, famine and rebellions and discusses their similarity to events occurring today.
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The American Empire Reconsidered
Professor Anthony G. Hopkins (Emeritus Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge and former Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin) discusses his new book American Empire. Spanning three centuries and multiple continents, Hopkins compares economic development in the U.S. to that of Western Europe, with implications for our understandings of empire and imperialism, colonization and decolonization, and American exceptionalism.
Liberty's Belvoir Winery to be featured on 'Ghost Adventures'
At the Belvoir Winery in Liberty, the spirits come alive. The former orphanage and nursing home has become so famous for its hauntings, it attracted the attention of a second national TV show.
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MOOC | The Compromise of 1850 | The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1861 | 1.4.4
Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.
A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861, is a course that begins by examining how generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union. After discussing the institution of slavery and its central role in the southern and national economies, it turns to an account of the political and social history of the 1850s. It traces how the issue of the expansion of slavery came to dominate national politics, and how political leaders struggled, unsuccessfully, to resolve the growing crisis. We will examine the impact of key events such as Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, and end with the dissolution of the Union in the winter of 1860-1861.
This course is part of the series, The Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery. It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation — the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality. The series will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves. One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history — how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present.
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of the most prominent historians in the United States. Professor Foner is the author or editor of over twenty books concentrating on the intersections of intellectual, political and social history and the history of American race relations. His recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize. He is the author of Give Me Liberty!: An American History, a widely-used survey textbook of U. S. history published by W. W. Norton. Additionally, he is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. He is one of only two persons ever to serve as president of the three major professional organizations: the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, and Society of American Historians. As co-curator of two award-winning historical exhibitions, and through frequent appearances in newspapers and magazines and on radio and television discussion programs, he has also endeavored to bring historical knowledge to a broad public outside the university.
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Secretary Pompeo: “In Tribute to Human Freedom”
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Bob Kramer: At the Edge
Bob Kramer is a master bladesmith, widely considered to be the greatest American knifesmith working today, and will share his relentless quest to forge the perfect knife. His love of the knife as functional form famously began when he worked as a cook at Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle when he was an oceanography student at the University of Washington. Kramer went on to become a graduate of the American Bladesmith Society in Arkansas, where he received special recognition as a master bladesmith in 1997. In 2016, the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington state included a handmade blade by Kramer in BAM Biennial, a juried exhibition focusing on the work of established and emerging artists, craftspeople, and designers living and working in the state. Kramer knives are especially known for their fine Damascus steel patterns, exotic wood handles, and heirloom-quality finishing. Since 2017, Kramer has been creating handmade knives for auction only from his studio in Olympia, Washington.
This presentation is part of the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Speaker Series brings respected innovators from a broad spectrum of fields to the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan to conduct a public lecture and engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities.
Unless otherwise noted, all programs take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the historic Michigan Theater, located at 603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and are free of charge and open to the public.
This lecture is presented with support from Design Core Detroit.
The Antislavery Bulwark: The Antislavery Origins of the Civil War – Session 4
Bringing together the best new scholarship in the field, The Antislavery Bulwark: The Antislavery Origins of the Civil War, held October 17 & 18 at the Graduate Center, pointed toward an important new way of thinking about the origins of the Civil War.
In this video, see the conference’s final session, Panel Discussion: Implications. Participants include Catherine Clinton, University of Texas San Antonio (moderator); Eric Foner, Columbia University; James Brewer Stewart, Macalester College; and Sean Wilentz, Princeton University. The discussion took place on October 18, 2014, in Elebash Recital Hall.
See videos of other sessions from the conference on the Graduate Center’s Youtube page.
Dracula by Bram Stoker | Full Audiobook with Subtitles | Part 1 of 2
Dracula (version 3)
Bram STOKER
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations. - Summary by wikipedia
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Gothic Fiction Audio Book Audiobooks All Rights Reserved. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.
Bibliodiscotheque Symposium
Explore the history of disco music, dance and culture in this afternoon symposium presented in association with Brightest Young Things, The Recording Academy, Capital Pride and the District of Columbia Library Association.
Introduction and The Craft of Making Disco Balls (00:20): Carla Hayden, Rhona Wolfe Friedman, Toni Grady Lehring, Yolanda Ayers Baker, Robert Newlen
Two Perspectives on Beyoncé's African Dance References (24:34): Martin Scherzinger
Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs (54:24)
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture (01:28:05): Alice Echols
Panel Discussion, Q&A (01:58:04) Martin Scherzinger, Bill Bernstein, Alice Echols, Nick Brown
Interview: I Will Survive (02:53:16): Gloria Gaynor, Robin Roberts
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Big Data Behind the Big Game, How to Plan a Super Bowl | Talks at Google
Did you know that 3-4 cities pitch the NFL every year on why their city should host the next Super Bowl? Today's panel of leaders brought Super Bowls to Indianapolis, New York, and San Francisco. The group talks about what the bid process looks like, what type of social impact a Super Bowl provides the host city, and the lasting impact of being involved in one of the largest sporting events every year. It's an insider's look into lessons learned during the Host Committee's two-year run-up - lessons that could benefit any person and any business - and how to plan a Super Bowl, both on and off the field.
We are joined by panelists Allison Melangton, Frank Supovitz, Pat Gallagher, Stephanie Martin.
MFA Products of Design 2016: Thesis Show
13:30 Opening Remarks, Allan Chochinov
Group 1
36:42 Marianna Mezhibovskaya, Outsiders: Designing Engagement with the Incarcerated
51:24 Adem Önalan, Vakit: On the Elasticity and Subjectivity of Time
1:07:38 Leila Santiago de Oliveira Santos, Here, There & Elsewhere - A Design Journey around Travel and Place
1:21:45 Isioma Iyamah, In Flux: Identities Under the Influence
1:35:22 Oscar De La Hera Gomez, Marrying the Physical & the Emotional in Order to Process Trauma
1:49:37 Hung Wan Jung, Do It Now: Overcoming Procrastination
2:04:49 Eden Lew - Masterminds & The Art of Misbehaving
Group 2
2:45:33 Souvik Paul - Unbound: Psychophysical Design for Paralysis and Disability
3:01:00 Judy Chi - Permanism: Towards the Obsolescence of Disposable Furniture
3:17:29 Chelsea Stewart - Atto: An Exploration of Movement and Design
3:29:03 Belen Tenorio - ReMind: Re-evaluating ADD and ADHD in a Quick-Fix Societ
3:42:51 Lijia Yang - Reload: Triggering your Passion for Life and Gamification
3:59:05 Roya Ramezani - Exponent: Amplifying Female Voices in Tech Discourse
4:13:12 Natsuki Hayashi - Sincerely, Toward a Contemporary Design of Assisted Suicide
Group 3
5:02:09 Panisa Khunprasert - Hereafter: Remapping the Landscape of Death and the Way It is Remembered
5:16:56 Ziyun Qi - Animate: Bringing Charm and Magic to the Everyday Life
5:30:34 Adam Fujita - XENO: From the Foreign to the Familiar
5:45:32 Louise-Anne van 't Riet - Side Step: A Momentary Escape From the Real World
6:01:07 Tahnee Pantig - This Great Violence
6:16:31 Jonathan Lung - At the Ready: Preparation for Just About Anything
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The MFA Products of Design Masters Thesis is a unique, year-long design pursuit that investigates a chosen subject matter or territory. Student work is instantiated through speculative design; expert research; product prototyping; information architecture; service, interaction, and experience design; user testing; branding, and business modeling. Valuing the strategic, the social, and the environmental, the thesis stands as a testament to the need for a holistic and critical approach to creating the products of design.
Gavin Newsom: Citizenville, Talks at Google
Gavin Newsom stops by the Googleplex for a conversation about his latest book, Citizenville. You can find the book on Google Books here:
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Citizenville offers both an impassioned plea for more tech-enabled government and a tour d'horizon of the ways some governments have begun using technology to good effect... a fast-paced and engaging read --San Francisco Chronicle
A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better. Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California, argues that today's government is stuck in the last century while—in both the private sector and our personal lives—absolutely everything else has changed. The explosion of social media, the evolution of Internet commerce, the ubiquity of smart phones that can access all the world's information; in the face of these extraordinary advances, our government appears increasingly irrelevant and out of touch.
Drawing on wide-ranging interviews with thinkers and politicians, Newsom's Citizenville shows how Americans can transform their government, taking matters into their own hands to dissolve political gridlock even as they produce tangible changes in the real world. When local Web designers wanted to prevent muggings in Chicago and Oakland, they created innovative crime-mapping tools using public police data. When congressional representatives wanted citizens' input on new legislation, they used interactive blogging tools to invite public comments and changes. When a town in Texas needed to drum up civic engagement, officials invented a local digital currency to reward citizens for participating in government—making small-town politics suddenly as fun and addictive as online games such as Farmville. Surveying the countless small advances made by ordinary Americans in reinventing government for the twenty-first century, Newsom unveils a path for American prosperity and democratic vitality.
Newsom explains how twenty-first-century problems are too big and too expensive for the government simply to buy solutions; instead, Americans must innovate their way out. Just as the post office and the highway system provide public infrastructure to channel both personal and private enterprise—a platform upon which citizens can grow—so too could a modern digital government house the needs, concerns, information, and collaboration of an enlightened digital citizenry.
A vision for better government that truly achieves the ancient goal of commonwealth and a triumphant call for individuals to reinvigorate the country with their own two hands, Citizenville is a timely road map for restoring American prosperity and for reinventing citizenship in today's networked age.