1. First Americans (19:22)
With commentary by: Ed Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock Tribe; Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara; Frank Lemos, Chumush Interpretive Center; Michael Adler, Southern Methodist University; William Iseminger, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site; Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation; Alex Barker, Dallas Museum of Natural History; Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College
2. A Blending of Cultures (3:29)
With commentary by: David Weber, Southern Methodist University; Frances Levine, Santa Fe Community College; Alfred Crosby, University of Texas at Austin; Stuart Schwartz, Yale University
3. A Dividing Line (Cultural Patterns in the Chesapeake Region) (3:29)
With commentary by: Michael Johnson, Johns Hopkins University; Daniel Littlefield, University of South Carolina; Karen Kupperman, New York University
4. Encountering the Wilderness (6:11)
With commentary by: John Demos, Yale University; Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College
5. Declaring Equality (8:03)
With commentary by: Joseph Ellis, Mount Holyoke College; Gordon Wood, Brown University; Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University; James Oliver Horton, The George Washington University
6. The Long Winter (5:00)
With commentary by: Calvin L. Christman, Cedar Valley College; Richard Brookhiser, National Review
7. Monmouth and the Molly Pitchers (4:10)
With commentary by: Richard Brookhister, National Review; Carol Berkin, Baruch College, City University of New York
8. The Election of 1800 (5:54)
With commentary by: Joyce Appleby, University of California, Los Angeles; Joseph Ellis, Mount Holyoke College
9. The Working Women of Lowell (6:28)
With commentary by: Thomas Dublin, State University of New York, Binghamton University
10. Trail of Tears (7:46)
With commentary by: Theda Perdue, University of North Carolina; Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation
11. The Slave World (8:25)
With commentary by: Ira Berlin, University of Maryland; Dorothy Redford, Somerset Place State Historic Site; Larry Hudson, Jr., University of Rochester; James Roark, Emory University
12. The United States in 1850 (15:09)
With commentary by: Mike Wallace, John Jay College; Jonathan Poston, Historic Charleston Foundation; James Roark, Emory University; Robert Archibald, Missouri Historical Society; Deena Gonzalez, Loyola Marymount University; Frances Levine, Santa Fe Community College; Chet Orloff, Oregon Historical Society; Charles Fracchia, San Francisco Historical Society
13. Emancipation (8:03)
With commentary by: James McPherson, Princeton University; James Oliver Horton, The George Washington University; Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia
14. The End of Reconstruction (6:03)
With commentary by: Michael Perman, University of Illinois at Chicago; Fitzhugh Brundage, University of Florida
15. The United States in 1876 (11:35)
With commentary by: Mike Wallace, John Jay College; Robert Archibald, Missouri Historical Society; Gerald Danzer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Charles Fracchia, San Francisco Historical Society; Chet Orloff, Oregon Historical Society; Deena Gonzalez, Loyola Marymount University; Jonathan Poston, Historic Charlestown Foundation
16. Rapid Growth and Consumption (1:46)
With commentary by: Richard White, Stanford University; Michael Bernstein, University of California, San Diego
17. Rise of the Railroad (1:37)
With commentary by: Sarah Stage, Arizona State University; Pamela Laird, University of Colorado at Denver
18. Rise of the City and Consumer Culture (1:45)
With commentary by: Susan Strasser, University of Delaware; Pamela Laird, University of Colorado at Denver
19. Little Big Horn and Its Aftermath (1:07)
With commentary by: Gerard Baker, Mount Rushmore National Memorial -- National Park Service
20. The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee (4:14)
With commentary by: Frederick Hoxie, University of Illinois
21. Mexican Americans in the West: Land and Labor (3:18)
With commentary by: Patricia Limerick, University of Colorado; Yolanda Romero, North Lake College; Deena Gonzalez, Loyola Marymount University
22. Tenement Living (2:04)
With commentary by: Leonard Dinnerstein, University of Arizona
23. Immigrants, Politics, and Political Machines (:59)
With commentary by: Leonard Dinnerstein, University of Arizona
24. Chinese Laborers Build the Railroad (1:41)
With commentary by: Judy Wu, The Ohio State University
25. Chinese Immigrants Encounter Nativism (2:04)
With commentary by: Judy Wu, The Ohio State University; Leonard Dinnerstein, University of Arizona
26. Sharecropping in the New South (2:42)
With commentary by: David Levering Lewis, New York University; Michelle Mitchell, University of Michigan; Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania
27. Racism and Segregation in the New South (2:42)
With commentary by: David Levering Lewis, New York University; Michelle Mitchell, University of Michigan; Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania
28. The Workers' Plight (3:01)
With commentary by: Sarah Stage, Arizona State University; Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago
29. The Hard Life of Farmers (2:06)
30. The Crop Lien System (1:10)
With commentary by: Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania
31. The Populists' Dream (1:05)
With commentary by: Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
32. The Peoples' Party (4:27)
With commentary by: H.W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin; Omar Ali, Towson University; Michael Kazin, Georgetown University; Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania
33. The Treaty of Paris and the Question of Empire (4:14)
With commentary by: H.W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin; Sarah Stage, Arizona State University
34. Progressives and Race Relations (2:17)
With commentary by: David Levering Lewis, New York University; Michael McGerr, Indiana University
35. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (2:37)
With commentary by: David Von Drehle, Author of Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
36. Muckrakers (1:17)
With commentary by: Michael McGerr, Indiana University
37. Crusade for Democracy (2:12)
With commentary by: Calvin L. Christman, Cedar Valley College; Sarah Stage, Arizona State University
38. Reform During World War I (1:16)
39. Radio and the Rise of a National Consumer Culture (4:06)
40. The Tribal Twenties: The Resurgence of Nativism (1:42)
With commentary by: Jeffrey Moran, University of Kansas
41. Hard Time Blues (5:20)
42. The Bonus Marchers: Challenge to the Government (2:34)
With commentary by: David Kennedy, Stanford University
43. New Deal Labor Legislation and the Rise of Organized Labor (5:47)
With commentary by: Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara; Kevin Boyle, The Ohio State University
44. Making Life More Secure (3:00)
With commentary by: David Kennedy, Stanford University; Kevin Boyle, The Ohio State University
45. Going to War in the Pacific (5:00)
With commentary by: Alice Yang Murray, University of California, Santa Cruz
46. The Final Solution (6:15)
With commentary by: Leonard Dinnerstein, University of Arizona
47. The Berlin Blockade and Airlift (3:15)
With commentary by: Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
48. The HUAC Hearings (9:54)
49. The Baby Boom and Suburban America (1:43)
With commentary by: Susan Strasser, University of Delaware
50. Mixing Race in Music and Sports (1:40)
With commentary by: Steven Lawson, Rutgers University
51. Civil Rights in Birmingham (2:43)
With commentary by: Valinda Littlefield, University of South Caronlina; Clayborne Carson, Stanford University; William Chafe, Duke University; Julian Bond, NAACP
52. Turning Up the Volume (3:22)
With commentary by: Todd Gitlin, Columbia University; Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
53. Hey, Hey, LBJ! (2:56)
With commentary by: Michael Kazin, Georgetown University; Bruce Schulman, Boston University
54. The Imperial Presidency (6:56)
With commentary by: Archibald Cox, Harvard University
55. The Right and the Defeat of the ERA (4:51)
With commentary by: Gloria Steinem, MS Foundation for Women; Dan Carter, University of South Carolina; Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum; William Chafe, Duke University
56. Trickle-Down Economics (2:28)
With commentary by: Julianne Malveaux, Economist and Author; Steve Cobb, University of North Texas
57. The Immigration Act of 1965 and Its Effects (4:48)
With commentary by: Judy Wu, The Ohio State University; Guadulupe San Miguel, Jr., University of Houston
58. The Iran Hostage Crisis (2:20)
59. End of the Soviet Union (6:48)
With commentary by: Marilyn Young, New York University; Joseph Nye, Harvard University; John Stoessinger, University of San Diego