This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how Abraham Lincoln's successor, Vice President Andrew Johnson, was an immediate disappointment to Lincoln supporters who wanted to protect the rights of newly freed blacks.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Andrew Jackson's open hatred for the Bank of the United States.
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Professor Matthew Warshauer guides viewers through a political cartoon from 1836 that satirizes Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States.
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Professor Matthew Warshauer guides viewers through a pro-Andrew Jackson cartoon applauding the president's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the the Northwest Ordinance, adopted by Congress in 1787, which called for new states to be developed in the Ohio region.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Woodrow Wilson's efforts to promote the idea of World War I to a skeptical American public. In order to do so, he turned to one of the leading figures in the advertising industry.
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From the Newberry Library website:
"[This conference] will support teachers in the development of lessons using images from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America program.
Conferences will feature presentations by distinguished scholars and sharing of resources in workshop formats. We will use the Newberry Library's collections as well as a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago and a walking tour of Chicago's Loop to model ways for teachers to use local resources in their own communities."
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the early-20th-century setbacks in civil rights, as racial segregation was common on rail cars, in schools, and in the workplace.
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Professor Christopher Capozzola of MIT discusses the productive first years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, when Congress was able to pass a series of reform measures whose effects are still felt today.
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Populism and Progressivism developed in the early 20th century. Professor Steven Hahn of the University of Pennsylvania compares the two political movements.
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