Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: The War of 1812: Which One Was That?
BackStory Radio podcast discusses the legacy of that oft-forgotten War of 1812 and the huge influence it had in shaping America. Audio and Transcripts provided.
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Pdm: American Civil War Music
A comprehensive list of Civil War era songs arranged by year. Many of these are little-known. Hear the song and read the lyrics. Requires QuickTime.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Rhetoric: American Leaders Speak 1918 1920
This is a searchable collection of recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920, entitled "American Leaders Speak." It includes recordings by Warren G. Harding, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt and many more.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Controversial Wars
BackStory Radio podcast in which the American History Guys and their guest peer through the history and explore what happens on the home front during war explaining the controversies surrounding them.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Leaders Speak: Recordings From World War I
A collection of recorded speeches by American leaders during World War I. Listen to speeches by General John J. Pershing, Samuel Gompers, and James Gerard.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Civil War 150th: I. The Road to Civil War [Rebroadcast]
Rebroadcast of Part I of a two part series on the beginnings of the Civil War in which the American History Guys discuss the six months prior to Lincoln's election and the road to war. Audio and transcripts are provided in segments.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 10: Not Slaves but Not Free
Even free African Americans living in the North in the nineteenth century were not treated as full citizens.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 12: The Ideal of Equality
The ideal of equality was stated in the Declaration of Independence. Abolitionists and African Americans used this as an argument against segregation.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: George W. Bush: Address to Nation on Iraq War Progress
George W. Bush gives a speech [16:38] on the progress of the War in Iraq on December 18, 2005, just days after free elections. On this site, find video, audio and text of the speech.
American Public Media
American Public Media: Radio Fights Jim Crow
A report on early radio programs that were used by the federal government and civil rights activists to ease racial tensions during World War II.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Wounded in War the Women Serving in Iraq
This "All Things Considered" report has statistics on women on the battlefields (today and in past wars) and how women are affected by involvement in war.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Iraq War Has Claimed Lives of 25 Female Soldiers
Listen to "All Things Considered" report on female casualities in the Iraq war. From May 2005.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Women and War
Female soldiers who have returned from Iraq share their experiences at war. From "Talk of the Nation," March 2005.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of Us Imperialism
NPR provides a lengthy book excerpt on imperialism in the U.S. The author presents the Philippine occupation, the Spanish-American War, World War I and II, and the Cold War as times in history when America was involved in imperialism--...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Veterans Recall Service at Nation's War Memorials
The National Mall in Washington, D.C. contains many monuments and memorials to American servicemen. From NPR, listen to an account of how we remember our wars and veterans and hear details about the specific memorials.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Bush,the Cia and America 'State of War'
NPR examines the domestic spying program of the Bush Administration and the President's relationship with the CIA by providing an excerpt from a new book by reporter James Risen entitled "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and...
American Public Media
American Public Radio: American Radio Works: Korea, the Unfinished War
Read the transcripts or listen to a one-hour radio documentary about the Korean War, in full or in segments. Also includes a series of annotated maps that explain the progress of the war.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Civil War and the Constitution
Begins a discussion of how the Civil War tested and transformed the American political system.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 4: Treatment After Civil War
Today we learn how some northern states granted increasing rights to African Americans. In the South, the situation was quite different.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 7: Threats and Intimidation
In southern states after the Civil War, African Americans were systematically denied basic civil rights. Vigilante groups engaged in campaigns of terror against African Americans.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 9: Moral/political Motivations
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 10: The Fourteenth Amendment
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans. This led to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 5: Challenges to Civil Rights
On today's podcast, we learn about economic interests that worked against the expansion of civil rights for African Americans after the Civil War.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 14: Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests
Southern states after the Civil War devised many methods for preventing African Americans from voting.
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