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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6, Gold Rush
produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, some 300,000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad flooded the region to try to strike it rich. Using re-creations, archival photos, and interviews with noted historians, this program examines the quest for wealth as well as the far-rea...
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produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
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When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, some 300,000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad flooded the region to try to strike it rich. Using re-creations, archival photos, and interviews with noted historians, this program examines the quest for wealth as well as the far-reaching impact the Gold Rush had on the nation's economic, geographic, and psychic landscape.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, Zachary Drake
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
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Speaker / Narrator
Zachary Drake
Topic / Theme
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, California Gold Rush, 1849, American History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 9, Freedom Summer
directed by Marco Williams, 1956-; produced by Marco Williams, 1956-, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 9 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. A watershed moment in the movement for equality between blacks and whites, the young men's disappearance riveted the nation. This program confronts the ugly realit...
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directed by Marco Williams, 1956-; produced by Marco Williams, 1956-, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 9 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
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On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. A watershed moment in the movement for equality between blacks and whites, the young men's disappearance riveted the nation. This program confronts the ugly reality of racist violence in the South during those troubled times and the sequence of events that ultimately spurred Congress and President...
On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. A watershed moment in the movement for equality between blacks and whites, the young men's disappearance riveted the nation. This program confronts the ugly reality of racist violence in the South during those troubled times and the sequence of events that ultimately spurred Congress and President Johnson to enact the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Marco Williams, 1956-, Joe Morton, 1947-
Author / Creator
Marco Williams, 1956-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Speaker / Narrator
Joe Morton, 1947-
Topic / Theme
Ethnic relations, Massacres, Voting rights, Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 10, Shays' Rebellion
in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 10 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America
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An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hector Elizondo, 1936-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Speaker / Narrator
Hector Elizondo, 1936-
Person Discussed
Samuel Adams, 1722-1803
Topic / Theme
Debt, Rebellions, United States. Constitution Signed, Philadelphia, PA, September 17, 1787, Shays's Rebellion, 1787, American History, Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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