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Examine the Past - History

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Explore a comprehensive collection of historical videos covering pivotal moments, influential figures, and societal developments that have shaped our world. Delve into topics ranging from ancient civilizations to modern political events, examining wars, social movements, technological advancements, and cultural shifts. Gain insights into the lives of notable leaders, the evolution of nations, and the forces that have driven human progress. Analyze key historical events such as World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Cold War through expert commentary and archival footage. Discover lesser-known stories and perspectives that offer a nuanced understanding of history. Enhance your knowledge of global affairs, political systems, and societal changes while developing a deeper appreciation for the complexities of human history.

Syllabus

The Deadliest Pandemic in Modern History | HISTORY This Week | History.
Battle of Midway Tactical Overview – World War II | History.
Deadliest Hurricanes in U.S. History | History.
D-Day Stories: The Courageous Veterans Of D-Day In Their Own Words | History.
D-Day Stories: The African American Medic Who Saved Lives While Injured | History.
D-Day Stories: The Gunner's Mate Who Witnessed Carnage at Omaha Beach | History.
D-Day Stories: Prayer Book Saves Paratrooper's Life | History.
D-Day Stories: The Native American Medic Whose First Combat Was D-Day | History.
D-Day Stories: The 5-Year Old Who Was Freed By The Americans | History.
Genghis Khan Forged the Most Feared Empire in History.
What is the Korean Demilitarized Zone? | History.
Robert E. Lee | Facing America's Deadliest Battle.
Orphan Trains Rescued New York's Homeless Children | History.
Napoleon's Bloodless Coup | History.
Abraham Lincoln | Assassination Conspiracy | Biography.
Thomas Jefferson | Claiming Independence | Biography.
How Did Charles Manson Recruit His Followers? | History.
Brutal Execution of the Romanovs | History.
Martin Luther King Jr. | A Crusader For Liberation | Biography.
The 19th Amendment | History.
Ludwig van Beethoven | Writer of the Future | Biography.
8 Mighty Queens in History | Biography.
How Did Brexit Happen? | History.
Brenda Berkman: Pioneering Woman Firefighter | History.
Betty Ford | Mrs. President | History.
Eleanor Roosevelt | Mrs. President | History.
Did the US Go to the Moon to Beat the Soviets? | History.
Groundbreaking Women in Politics | History.
Lou Hoover | Mrs. President | History.
Florence Harding | Mrs. President | History.
Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo | History.
Did Viking Warrior Women Exist? | History.
How WWII and Vietnam Veterans Were Treated Differently | History.
Dolley Madison | Mrs. President | History.
Abigail Adams | Mrs. President | History.
How Red Lipstick Shaped History | History.
Did Jamestown Drink Itself to Death? | History.
Russian Capitalism After Communism | History.
How Prohibition Created the Mafia | History.
What Made These Royal Marriages So Scandalous? | History.
Life Aboard a Slave Ship | History.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last Speech | History.
Immigrants at Ellis Island | History.
What Is Populism? | History.
How Did 'Socialism' Become a Dirty Word in America? | History.
How Women Used Christmas to Fight Slavery | History.
Marie Curie Helped Win WWI | History.
Biography: Santa Claus | History.
Virginia Hall: The Most Feared Allied Spy of WWII | History.
Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor for Oil? | History.
Judith: Hanukkah Heroine | History.
Harriet Tubman: Soldier/Spy | History.
Before Pixar, There Was Bell Labs | Flashback | History.
What's Causing the Central American Migration Crisis? | History.
Did the U.S. Government Invent the Internet? | History.
Mall Shopping in the 1950s | Flashback | History.
The Unlikely History of Everyday: Leftovers | History.
How Department Stores Liberated Victorian-Era Women | History.
A Patriotic Thanksgiving in 1950s America | Flashback | History.
Why D-Day Almost Never Happened | History.
How the Assassination of McKinley Gave Birth to the Secret Service | History.
Lori Piestewa, Native American Soldier and Hero | History.
World War I Armistice Day Celebrations | History.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooklyn's Own Supreme Court Justice | History.
Deb Haaland is One of the First Native American Congresswomen | History.
Who Were Donald Trump's Grandparents? | History.
John Wilkes Booth's Final Days | History.
Running for President During WWII | Flashback | History.
Women in Magic | History.
Gerrymandering: Controversial Political Redistricting Explained | History.
Women Vote After 19th Amendment Passed | Flashback | History.
Historically Accurate Halloween Costumes | History.
The United Nations Is Created | Flashback | History.
Why America Loves/Hated the Irish | History.
Superman's First Time On Screen | Flashback | History.
Why ‘A Star Is Born’ Has Been Remade Five Times | History.
Why Mexico Banned Immigration from the US | History.
How a Wrong Turn Started World War I | History.
Tet Offensive Reshapes the Vietnam War | Flashback | History.
Chevrolet's Bizarre Pirate-Themed Cartoon | Flashback | HISTORY.
Tim Schafer: Legendary Video Game Designer | Biography.
How Decades of Instability Gave Rise to Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 Attacks | History.
The Wright Brothers Build the First Army Airplane | Flashback | History.
John McCain: In Memoriam 1936 - 2018 | HISTORY.
1968 Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago | Flashback | History.
Soap Box Derby Mania | Flashback | History.
Nixon Accepts Nomination | Flashback | History.
GM's 50 Millionth Car Parade | Flashback | History.
Scopes Monkey – Rare Footage of the "Trial of the Century" | Flashback | History.
1955 MLB All-Star Game in HD | Flashback | History.
Vintage Volcanic Eruptions | Flashback | History.
Hjalmar Johansson: Teenage Prisoner of WWII | History.
Independence Day 1941 | Flashback | History.
At 100, Ed Simons Became the World's Oldest Active Orchestra Conductor | History NOW | History.
How the U.S. Supreme Court Decided the Presidential Election of 2000 | History.
A Tour of Old Hollywood | Flashback | History.
A Knife-Throwing Mother Brings Her Family Into the Act | Flashback | History.
How Anti-Mexican Racism in L.A. Caused the Zoot Suit Riots | History.
Here's What ISIS Believes and How It Came to Be | History.
How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Began | History.
RFK Speaks at Columbia University | Flashback | History.
How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement | History.
Here's How the Six-Day War Changed the Map of the Middle East | History.
Memorial Day – 1936 | Flashback | History.
A Tour of 1940s New York City | Flashback | History.
Here's Why the Affordable Care Act Is So Controversial | History.
Here's What Caused the Great Recession | History.
How The Oslo Accords Almost Ended The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | History.
Children Testing Gas Masks for the U.S. Government | Flashback | History.
Here's How the Arab Spring Started and How It Affected the World | History.
Here's Why President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy Was a Failure | History.
JFK Visits NASA for the Last Time | Flashback | History.
How the Kim Dynasty Took Over North Korea | History.
Robots Smoked Cigarettes at the 1939 World's Fair | Flashback | History.
Here's How the National Park Service Got Started | History.
Here's How the Great Depression Brought on Social Security | History.
Here's Why the Patriot Act Is So Controversial | History.
Why Was the Election of 2008 Important? | History.
Here's How the Camp David Accords Impacted the Middle East | History.
Here's Why the Suez Crisis Almost Led to Nuclear War | History.
The Dangers of Marijuana Addiction (in 1951) | Flashback | History.
Here's Why Reaganomics is so Controversial | History.
Barbara Bush: In Memoriam (1925-2018) - First Lady and First Mom | History.
“Private Snafu” Fights Fake News in 1944 | Flashback | History.
Here's How the Truman Doctrine Established the Cold War | History.
Here's Why Puerto Rico Is Part of the U.S. — Sort Of | History.
Why Did Columbia University Students Protest in 1968? | History.
RFK Speaks After MLK Killed | Flashback | History.
Why Is Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Significant? | History.
Easter 1941 | Flashback | History.
What Was the Iran-Contra Affair? | History.
Oklahoma City Bombing: Why Did It Occur & Who Was Behind It? | History.
The Hidden Army of Women that Defeated Hitler | Flashback | History.
What Is the ACLU? | History.
What Happened at the Waco Siege? | History.
What Makes A Good House Party? | Flashback | History.
What Were LBJ's "Great Society" Programs? | History.
A Brief History of Stephen Hawking | History.
Dan Rather on the History of Student Activism | History.
Civil Rights Activism Then & Now: Diane Nash & Bree Newsome in Conversation | History.
The Kent State Shootings, Explained | History.
What Did the Equal Pay Act of 1963 Do? | History.
What Happened at the Seneca Falls Convention? | History.
Did Summer Camps Save Kids from Factories? | History.
Doris Kearns Goodwin on Presidential Time Off | History.
Doris Kearns Goodwin on Presidential Communication | History.
How Loving v. Virginia Led to Legalized Interracial Marriage | History.
What Started the 1967 Detroit Riots? | History.
Soapy the Germ Fighter Teaches '50s Hygiene | Flashback | History.
The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley | Flashback | History.
The First Amendment: Freedom of Religion in the U.S. | History.
Teen Dating Dos and Don'ts in the 1940s | Flashback | History.
The Origins of Gerrymandering | How the States Got Their Shapes | History.
The Second Amendment: Firearms in the U.S. | History.
What Was the War Powers Resolution of 1973? | History.
How The Tet Offensive Changed The Vietnam War | History.
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points | History.
John Hancock, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor | Biography.
What Does "Freedom of Speech" Mean in the U.S.? | History.
What Is the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government? | History.
What Is the Legislative Branch of the U.S. Government? | History.
What Is the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government? | History.
What Were the Pentagon Papers? | History.
The 1960s Idea of "The Home of 1999" | Flashback | History.
What Is Veto Power? | History.
Who Was Anne Frank? | History.
What Happened at the Nuremberg Trials? | History.
Who Was Ho Chi Minh? | History.
Veterans Day: Father Emil Kapaun, the Saint in the Foxhole | History.
Veterans Day: Living For Those Who Can't | History.
The U.S. Government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan | HISTORY.
This Chicken Lived for Two Years Without a Head | History.
Postmortem Photography of the Victorian Era | History.
Drawn History: The Trojan War | History.
The My Lai Massacre | History.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | History.
Japanese-American Internment During WWII | History.
The Formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact | History.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito | History.
What Is Agent Orange? | History.
The Labor Movement in the United States | History.
What Was the Lend-Lease Act? | History.
The U.S. Homefront During WWII | History.
What Was the Marshall Plan? | History.
What Happened in the Persian Gulf War? | History.
What Happened in the Iran-Iraq War? | History.
Marbury vs. Madison: What Was the Case About? | History.
Fast Facts About the Proclamation of 1763 | History.
The Korean War: 5 Things to Know | History.
What Was the Iran Hostage Crisis? | History.
The Real Story Behind the Loch Ness Monster | History.
Drawn History: The Story of Muhammad Ali | History.
The History of Confederate Monuments in the U.S. | History.
History of Summer: Keeping Cool | History.
History of Summer: At the Boardwalk | History.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | History.
History of Summer: School's Out | History.
U.S. Immigration Since 1965 | History.
History of Summer: The Tan and the Bikini | History.
Fruity History: How Much Do You Know? | History.
The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake | History.
Executive Order 9981: Desegregating U.S. Armed Forces | History.
Fast Facts About Baby Boomers | History.
What Were the Townshend Acts? | History.
Most Terrifying Serial Killers | History.
Drawn History: Washington State | History.
What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History.
James Comey and the Meddlesome Priest (Season 1, Episode 1) | History.
What Was the Mexican-American War? | History.
What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History.
Top 5 Tech Developments of the Vietnam War | History.
Drawn History: Herbert Hoover | History.
FBI Quiz: How Much Do You Know? | History.
America: Promised Land | Memorial Day | History.
Drawn History: The 1930s | History.
Drawn History: Calvin Coolidge | History.
7 Female Firsts in Sports | History.
The Chicago Fire of 1871: Disaster & Destruction in the Windy City | History.
Why Pay Taxes?: Your Dollars at Work | History.
World War I Propaganda Posters: The U.S. Joins the Fight | History.
Bob Dylan on Rock and Roll | History.
Henryk Ross: Photographs from a Nazi Ghetto | History.
History's Most Controversial Photos | History.
All About Filibusters | History.
U.S. Election Interference | History.
History Lists: Who Is Vladimir Putin? | History.
What Is VX Nerve Agent? | History.
History-Making American Women | History.
All About the Supreme Court | History.
History in Public: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address | History.
Better Than Fiction: George Washington, Reanimated? | History.
How to Love Like a President | History.
Presidential Love Notes | History.
Presidential Pet Names | History.
Executive Orders: What Are They, and How Do They Work? | History.
Washington vs Trump: New York City, Then and Now | History.
Presidential Inaugurations By The Numbers | History.
Deconstructing History: New Orleans | History.
Special Forces by the Numbers | History.
America 101: Why Red for Republicans and Blue for Democrats? | History.
The Origins of Country Slang | America's Secret Slang | History.
Explorers Not Named Columbus | History Lists | History.
Animals That Changed Human History | History Lists | History.
The Origins of "Hillbilly" and "Redneck" | America's Secret Slang | History.
The History of the Pledge of Allegiance | History.
Deconstructing History: NYC | History.
"Axe to Grind"/"Bury the Hatchet" | America's Secret Slang | History.
America 101: What is the Cabinet? | History.
The Origins of "Y'All" | America's Secret Slang | History.
Urban Life vs. Rural Life | How the States Got Their Shapes | History.
Ancient Empire Builders | History Lists | History.
America 101: What is the Electoral College? | History.
The History of Mexico | History Lists | History.
America 101: Why Do We Vote on the First Tuesday? | History.
America 101: What Qualifications Do You Need to Be President? | History.
America 101: What is the Role of the Vice President? | History.
America 101: Why is the Presidency a Family Affair? | History.
America 101: What Happens on Inauguration Day? | History.
America 101: Why Do Presidential Campaigns Use Slogans? | History.
The Evolution of Presidential Politics | History Lists | History.
Why Do We Vote on a Tuesday in November? | Election 2016 with David Eisenbach | History.
George Washington Got Voters Drunk | Election Day with David Eisenbach | History.
JFK vs. Nixon - Election 1960 | Election Day with David Eisenbach | History.
America 101: What is a Contested Election? | History.
Presidential Predictions: Halloween Masks | Election Day with David Eisenbach | History.
America 101: What Are the Nastiest Political Campaigns in History? | History.
The Battle at Little Bighorn | History.
Drawn History: The Blitz | History.
America 101: Why Do We Have a Two-Party System? | History.
America 101: What is a Stump Speech? | History.
FDR's Pearl Harbor Address | History.
America 101: Why Do We Have Presidential Term Limits? | History.
Drawn History: The Many Attempted Assassinations of Fidel Castro | History.
Drawn History: What is Domino Theory? | History.
America 101: What is a Swing State? | History.
America 101: What is a "Political Outsider"? | History.
Power to the President: What Does the President of the U.S. Actually Do? | History.
America 101: Who is the Next in Line for Succession After the President? | History.
America 101: Why Do We Have Presidential Debates? | History.
America 101: What is the Role of First Lady? | History.
America 101: Why an Elephant for Republicans? | History.
America 101: Why a Donkey for Democrats? | History.
America 101: How Are Presidential Campaigns Financed? | History.
TOP 10 SECRETS OF ANCIENT EGYPT | History.

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