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U.S. History - 1861-1865

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Photo collage of Chinese people with text overlay that reads, "Exclusion and Acceptance."

Woman raises eyebrows and opens mouth in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. And, in the process, founded San Antonio, Texas.

Red and white stripes of U, S flag with overlay of the U, S Constitution. Text overlay reads, The Constitution Survives.

Group of actors wearing Civil War-era costumes stand and watch a figure who resembles Abraham Lincoln. Caption. Elected him to the state legislature.

Sepia tone portrait of Abraham Lincoln with short dark hair and a beard wearing a black and white tuxedo. Caption with Lincoln as narrator. With malice toward none, with charity for all.

Man wearing a t-shirt and gardening hat works outside. Caption. If Bill spent as much time plowin' as he does readin'.

Child wearing Civil War-era clothing looks out with an emotional expression. Caption. All of a sudden, I never hear'd such noise.

Woman in army uniform smiles at girl. Image superimposed over lace-edged heart with pink bow. Caption. To celebrate all the mothers in their lives.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Mother's Day (Spanish)

Black and white photo. Rows of metal frame lattice towers extend into the distance.

Sepia-toned photo of Abraham Lincoln with white script across the image that reads, "Return their allegiance to the Union." Caption. To the Union.

Still image from: Between the Waters: Part 4

Black and white photo of Black men wearing Civil War-era clothing, hoeing fields alongside Black women and children. Caption. Her skill in speaking impressed many people.

Group of settlers wearing cowboy clothing next to a covered wagon with others in cowboy clothing on horseback in the background. Caption. Were traders and gold seekers.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Name One Problem That Led to the Civil War.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Name the U.S. War Between the North and the South.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Did the Emancipation Proclamation Do?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Was One Important Thing That Abraham Lincoln Did?

Batte map shows 5 red rectangles labeled "Lee" on the west bank of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg and 3 blue rectangles labeled "Hooker" on the east bank. The Rapidian River branches off from Rappahannock to the northwest, with 3 blue rectangles sitting on the west bank and 1 blue rectangle on the east bank and close to Chancellorsville.

Battle map shows individual red rectangles for Confederate troops on 1 side of the Rappahannock River, and stacked green rectangles for Union troops labeled "Sumner", "Hooker" and "Franklin" on the other side. A blue arrow points from Sumner across the river, through Fredericksburg, and towards the Confederate troops.

U, S map titled "Battle of Gettysburg." Northeast and midwest states are purple with text that reads, "United States of America." Southern states and Texas are the "Confederate States of America.' The west coast is labeled "Western Territories."

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Battles of the Civil War

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Civil War (Part 2)

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Civil War (Part I)

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Election of 1860 and the Road to Disunion

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Westward Expansion

Black and white illustration of crowded outdoor scene in a city. Spanish caption. El tratado de compra se firmó el 2 de mayo de 1803.

Large red and white freighter ship floats in the ocean, with green plants on a beach in the foreground. Overlaid text reads, "Fort Pulaski National Monument."

Cobblestone street lined with 3-story buildings and trees. Cars drive along the street. Caption. "It is the region's oldest city."

Cartoon. Actual image of the top of the Emancipation Proclamation in color, showing a portrait of Lincoln with a laurel leaf border and 2 American flags waving in the breeze. Caption. January 1, 1863, I sent out the Emancipation Proclamation.

Map of eastern United States with north shaded blue and south shaded red. Dashed arrows point to a red dot labeled "Gettysburg."

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--The Journey West (Part 2)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The California Gold Rush

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Reconstruction Amendments (Part 1)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Reconstruction Amendments (Part 2)

Still image from: Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

Color illustration. Abraham Lincoln walks with a girl, a woman carrying a baby, and 2 men. Caption. He had to shake hands.

Closeup black and white photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Caption. Lincoln was about to ask for forgiveness, for understanding.

Still image from: Museum Access: Morgan Library and Museum (NYC)

Still image from: Nick News: Juneteenth--A Nick News Special

Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Federalist 51

Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Gettysburg Address

Large metal object hangs from a beamed structure fixed to the ocean floor. Boats pass by in the background.

Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "Civil war. A war fought between citizens of the same country."

Men in Civil War costumes form lines facing away from camera in a wooded setting. Spanish caption. Fort Sumter, la guerra civil había comenzado.

Image of men in Confederate uniforms riding horses in a Civil War battle reenactment. An overlay of an oval shaped photo appears next to the soldiers with text that reads, "Robert E. Lee." Caption. They don't have a general the equal of Robert E. Lee.

Wall with a black and white poster of Abraham Lincoln hung between a chalkboard and decorative tiles. Title bar reads, "The Address."

Army of union soldiers march on foot, holding up American flags. Caption. The Civil War was supposed to end quickly.

Two men on horses wear costume Civil War uniforms as they pass by a camp of white tents beneath an American flag. Text reads, "The Civil War: A Nation Divided."

Sepia tone image of a crowded slavery market. Spanish caption. Que todos los Estados sureños habían cumplido.

Man wearing a headset leans over towards a Civil War-era submarine. Caption. Once we get it away, we'll run a wire inside to ensure.

Sepia toned three-quarter view of John Wilkes Booth with short curly hair and a mustache wearing a suit coat and cravat.

Painting of Civil War era military vessels in the water with smoke billowing from their funnels and an American flag in the distance.

Cluster of plain buildings stand beneath a partly cloudy sky. Caption. Forever altering the nature of work in America.

Digital map closeup of the intersection of U, S state borders for Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. The Civil War battle site, Shiloh, is on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi, southwest of Nashville and south of Columbus.

Digital map of the Battle of Shiloh. The Hornet's Nest battle line is in blue, west of the Tennessee River, east of Shiloh Church. Grant's Last Line, also in blue, is behind the Hornet's Nest at the river border. 4 red battle lines southwest of Shiloh Church have arrows extending out and to the middle and edges of the Hornet's Nest battle line.

Young girl walking out of a door. Caption: I'm taking it to the experts-- the post office.

Man writing with a quill in a candle lit room. Caption: Matter of fact, he studied and studied and studied.

Black and white photo of a woman wearing 1800s clothing smokes a cigarette and leaning on a knee. She watches a woman rings out a cloth over a wood bucket.