Instructional Video2:14
Makematic

The Panic of 1819

K - 8th
The Panic of 1819, triggered by land speculation, reduced exports and a cutback in credit, led to America's first major financial crisis and reshaped its economic policies.
Instructional Video
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Frontier, Railroads, and Mining

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Emergence of the Frontier, the Expansion of Railroads, and Mining is a round table discussion of groups who have reviewed documents, letters, etc. from movement west to either mine or acquire land,...