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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Emancipation Proclamation
Read about the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Dawes Act
The 1887 law intended to assimilate Native Americans led to the loss of millions of acres of land.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Reservation System
In the nineteenth century, Native Americans were confined to reservations to open up land for white settlers.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Chinese Immigrants and Mexican Americans
Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh consequences due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural
After the Civil War, westward expansion continued to increase, as migrants moved to the west in search of economic opportunities. In this video, Kim discusses the social and cultural effects of increased migration to the west, including...
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Homestead Act and the Exodusters
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave free land to Americans willing to improve it, regardless of race, sex, or nation of origin.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Gold Rush
The 1848 discovery of gold in the territory of California prompted 300,000 hopeful prospectors to flood into the region, altering it forever.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Failure of Reconstruction
A quick comprehension check over the failure of Reconstruction.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Life After Slavery for African Americans
Overview of life after slavery for African Americans.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Government Policies During the Civil War
A quick comprehension check over government policies during the Civil War.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Failure of Compromise
A quick comprehension check over the failure of compromise.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act incited a violent struggle between pro- and anti-slavery advocates in Kansas, on the Senate floor, and eventually throughout the country.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Election of 1860 and Secession
A quick comprehension check over the election of 1860 and secession.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Manifest Destiny
In the mid-nineteenth century, newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term 'manifest destiny' to describe the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy North America from Atlantic to Pacific.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Compromise of 1850
A quick comprehension check over the Great Compromise of 1850.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 acted as a band-aid over the growing wound of sectional divide.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Mexican American War
A quick comprehension check over the Mexican-American War.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Annexing Texas
Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Manifest Destiny
A quick comprehension check over the Manifest Destiny.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: The Cotton Kingdom
During the first half of the nineteenth century, demand for cotton led to the expansion of plantation slavery. By 1850, enslaved people were growing cotton from South Carolina to Texas.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: African Americans in the Early Republic
A quick comprehension check over African Americans in the early republic of the United States.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: African Americans in the Early Republic
Learn about African Americans in the early republic.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: The Nullification Crisis
In response to the Tariff of 1828, vice president John C. Calhoun asserted that states had the right to nullify federal laws.
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Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: An Age of Reform
Take this quick self assessment over the age of reform in the United States.