Crash course US history. War & expansion.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Green, John, on-screen presenter.

Knowledgemotion Ltd., film distributor.

Crash Course US History, publisher. .

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.

Polk, James K.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.

Van Buren, Martin.

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.

Taylor, Zachary.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.

Scott, Winfield.

Manifest Destiny.

Mexican War, 1846-1848.

Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.

Slavery.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

California--Gold discoveries.

California.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

Genre:

Educational films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 minutes)

Other Title:

War & expansion

War and expansion

Crash course United States history

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course US History, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean. After Oregon was secured from the UK and the southwest was ceded by Mexico, that is. Famous Americans abound in this episode, including James K. Polk (Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump), Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Winfield Scott. You'll also learn about the California Gold Rush of 1848, and California's admission as a state, which necessitated the Compromise of 1850. Once more slavery is a crucial issue. Something is going to have to be done about slavery, I think.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 30, 2022).

OCLC:

1309919820