TTC Video - Turning Points in American History

Course No. 8580 | .M4V, AVC, 2500 kbps, 640x480 | English, AAC, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 48x30 mins | + PDF Guidebook | 15.39 GB

Lecturer: Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.

1777: The colonial victory over British troops at the Battle of Saratoga persuades France to provide financial and military support that will prove vital to the success of the American Revolution.

1862: The Homestead Act makes more than 600 million acres of land available to be settled, sparking the largest migration of Americans in the nation's history.

1933: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal launches a series of unprecedented laws and programs that will relieve the stress of the Great Depression and reshape American society.

2001: The 9/11 terrorist attacks spark a complex and controversial war against terrorism both domestically and internationally.

These are just four of the many turning points in the relatively short history of the United States—landmark movements that irrevocably altered the direction of the nation and signaled the dramatic start of a new historical reality.