FDR and the Modern Executive Establishment
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They examine how his policies changed with the onset of World War II.
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Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal Democratic Party
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They examine how Roosevelt was influenced by Lincoln's presidency.
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Andrew Jackson and the Idea of a Party System
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the strengthening of the party system during this time, and the executive power Jackson exercised.
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National Administrative Power
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Professors Ronald J. Pestritto and Lance Robinson explore political progressives' view of the role and definition of federal administrative agencies in the U.S. government. They compare and contrast Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson's ideas on the subject.
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Slavery and the Founding
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Professor Lucas E. Morel looks at the history of slavery in the U.S., examining the Founding Fathers' attitudes towards slavery and the policies on slavery written into the founding documents of the U.S.
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Constitutional Convention, Part Three: The Committee of Detail Report
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Professor Gordon Lloyd looks at the Constitutional Convention and the debate over what form the new government and its constitution should take. He focuses on the Committee of Detail and the Slave Trade Committee. This lecture continues from the lecture "Constitutional Convention, Part Two: The Connecticut Compromise."
Slavery and the Founding
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Professor Lucas E. Morel looks at the history of slavery in the U.S., examining the Founding Fathers' attitudes towards slavery and the policies on slavery written into the founding documents of the U.S.
New York in the Gilded Age
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Professors Kenneth Jackson and Karen Markoe explore one of the most exciting and important periods in American history: the quarter century between the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. Lectures focus on the rise of machine politics, the transportation revolution, the development of new social elites, the changing role of women, the literary figures who helped define the age, housing for the rich and poor, and an examination of the city at the center of the Gilded Age, New York.
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Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
646-366-9666
Target Audience
Middle and high school
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Cost
Free; $400 stipend granted
Course Credit
Pittsburg State University (PSU) is pleased to offer graduate credit to workshop participants at a tuition fee of $199 per credit hour. Participants can receive three graduate credit hours for the duration of the week.
Duration
One week
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The Great Depression and World War II
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Professor David Kennedy examines the experience of the American people in the Great Depression and World War II. Lecture topics include the origins and impact of the Great Depression; the nature and legacy of the New Deal; the military and diplomatic dimensions of American participation in World War II; and the war's impact on American society. Special attention will be given to the historical debate about the Depression's causes; America and the Holocaust; the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans; and the use of atomic bombs against Japan.
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
646-366-9666
Target Audience
High school
Start Date
Cost
Free; $400 stipend granted
Course Credit
Pittsburg State University (PSU) is pleased to offer graduate credit to workshop participants at a tuition fee of $199 per credit hour. Participants can receive three graduate credit hours for the duration of the week.
Duration
One week
End Date
The Man Who Made the Civil War Possible
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the invention of the harvesting machine by Cyrus McCormick, which revolutionized wheat production and freed up the American workforce.
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