Free online courseAmerican History

Conteúdo do Curso

• Video class: Lecture 1. Dawn of Freedom

  0h34m

• Exercise: Which of the following best represents the central theme of the speech excerpted in the text?

• Video class: Lecture 2. Dawn of Freedom (continued)

  0h40m

• Exercise: Based on the New York City draft riots of 1863, what underlying issue primarily exacerbated the class tensions leading to the violence?

• Video class: Lecture 3. Reconstruction

  0h48m

• Exercise: Which U.S. Constitutional amendment abolished slavery, marking a significant moment in the Reconstruction era of American history?

• Video class: Lecture 4. Reconstruction (continued)

  0h47m

• Exercise: Which era, following the end of Reconstruction in 1877, began as a movement for white Southerners to reclaim control and is characterized by a significant increase in violence and suppression against African Americans, including the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan?

• Video class: Lecture 5. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation

  0h43m

• Exercise: What ideology emphasizes the ability and duty of an educated and culturally sophisticated minority within the African American community, referred to as the 'Talented Tenth', to lead and uplift the entire race?

• Video class: Lecture 6. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued)

  0h47m

• Exercise: Which of the following best characterizes Booker T. Washington's approach to racial uplift as discussed in the lecture?

• Video class: Lecture 7. Migration and Urbanization

  0h46m

• Exercise: In the poem 'Old Lem' by Sterling Brown, what is the significance of the line 'They don't come by ones, they don't come by twos, but they come by tens'?

• Video class: Lecture 8. Migration and Urbanization (continued)

  0h43m

• Exercise: What was W.E.B. Du Bois' stance on African American participation in World War I, as expressed in his editorial 'Close Ranks'?

• Video class: Lecture 9. The New Negroes

  0h45m

• Exercise: Which of the following was a key principle of Marcus Garvey's philosophy as discussed in the lecture?

• Video class: Lecture 10. The New Negroes (continued)

  0h50m

• Exercise: Which of the following reflects one aspect of the Harlem Renaissance movement as described in the text?

• Video class: Lecture 11. Depression and Double V

  0h46m

• Exercise: Which event marked the beginning of the 'Don't buy where you can't work' campaigns in Washington, D.C. in August 1933?

• Video class: Lecture 12. Depression and Double V (continued)

  0h47m

• Exercise: What did the Executive Order 8802, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, establish in terms of employment practices?

• Video class: Lecture 13. The Road to Brown and Little Rock

  0h48m

• Exercise: Which of the following Supreme Court cases did NOT directly address the issue of segregation in institutions of higher education?

• Video class: Lecture 14. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights

  0h49m

• Exercise: What was the main strategy used by the Montgomery Improvement Association to advance the civil rights movement?

• Video class: Lecture 15. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued)

  0h46m

• Exercise: Which was one of the key goals of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?

• Video class: Lecture 16. From Voting Rights to Watts

  0h48m

• Exercise: What was the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964 primarily aimed at achieving?

• Video class: Lecture 17. From Voting Rights to Watts (continued)

  0h48m

• Exercise: Which Civil Rights Act formally outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the United States?

• Video class: Lecture 18. Black Power

  0h43m

• Exercise: Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Black Panther Party?

• Video class: Lecture 19. Black Power (continued)

  0h48m

• Exercise: What poem by Gwendolyn Brooks highlights a shift in the mentality in the United States during the 1960s?

• Video class: Lecture 20. The Politics of Gender and Culture

  0h49m

• Exercise: Which influential artist released the concept album 'What's Going On?' that addressed issues such as Vietnam, economic despair, and ecological concerns in the early 1970s?