Multimedia

The Failure of Compromise

These videos and podcasts by eminent scholars, master teachers, and other speakers open a variety of ways to explore American history. The presentations range from two- or three-minute interview clips to hour-long lectures. Whether you watch them in class, assign them to your students for homework, or download them to your iPod for a long road trip, each one can give you new insight into the past.

No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North

Speaker(s): Adam I.P. Smith Duration: 0 seconds

War between Neighbors: The Coming of the Civil War

Speaker(s): Edward L. Ayers Duration: 0 seconds

Multimedia from Other Sub-Eras

Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life

Speaker(s): Richard Carwardine Duration: 0 seconds

Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Journey

Speaker(s): Harold Holzer Duration: 0 seconds

Civil War 150: Tour of the Traveling Exhibition

Speaker(s): Susan Saidenberg Duration: 0 seconds

Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family Story of Slavery and Freedom

Speaker(s): Matthew Pinsker Duration: 0 seconds

Dred Scott and the Constitutionality of Slavery

Speaker(s): Larry Kramer Duration: 0 seconds

Global Lincoln Roundtable Discussion

Speaker(s): Richard Blackett, Jorg Nagler, and Peter Onuf Duration: 0 seconds

Lincoln and Wales

Speaker(s): Lord Morgan FBA Duration: 0 seconds

Lincoln at Peoria

Speaker(s): Lewis Lehrman Duration: 0 seconds

The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln through His Words

Speaker(s): Ronald C. White Duration: 0 seconds

What Caused the Civil War?

Speaker(s): Edward L. Ayers Duration: 0 seconds