Reconstruction and Jim Crow

Abraham Lincoln is a good place to begin an examination of Reconstruction.

Sectionalism and a "House Divided"

Professor Fears here focuses on the Mexican War and the addition of new territories. The late Dr. J. Rufus Fears examines the sectional differences in the antebellum period.

Reform and the "Peculiar Institution" of Slavery

The following are three parts of a well produced documentary on slavery in Aemrica. It is a broad overview from slavery's introduction in Virginia to the Civil War. There's a bit of overlap with the second part of this documentary in this third and last clip. The following clips center on the Seneca Falls Convention.