The Communication, Market, and Transportation Revolution
In this lecture, Dr. Totten discusses the massive economic and technological changes that fundamentally altered the young republic in the 19th century.
5 Nov 202129min
The Lost Cause
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the greatest trick ever played on white southerners was convincing them that disunion and the protection of slavery was a good cause and that the the Confederacy ben...
8 Dec 202039min
A Fool's Errand: Reconstruction
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues Reconstruction attempted to bring due process, equal protection of the law, and voting rights to African Americans, but was thwarted by white southerners who attempt...
8 Dec 202045min
The Civil War: The Hard Hand of War
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues both northerners and southerners created false memories of the war that highlighted unity and downplayed the division that griped both home fronts.
8 Dec 202040min
The Civil War A Very Bloody Affair
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the Civil War was a a devastating conflict that killed 750,000 Americans.
8 Dec 202054min
The Secession Crisis
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues elite white southerners reacted to the election of Abraham Lincoln by pushing for secession. This was a rash decision, considering Lincoln never threatened slavery w...
8 Dec 202022min
The Political Crisis of the 1850s
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the debate over the expansion of slavery into the recently conquered territories of the Mexican Cession led to the outbreak of the Secession Crisis and ultimately th...
8 Dec 202038min
The Old South
In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the South was a slave society, where every aspect of its economy, politics, and social hierarchy was wrapped around the sinful institution.
8 Dec 202036min
