Directed by The Great Courses

Mark Stoler

Sorting through misconceptions, myths, and half-truths about America's past is a chance to revisit some of the country's greatest episodes, figures, and themes from a fresh perspective and an opportunity to hone the way you think about and interpret the past, the present, and even the future. This course examines many commonly held myths and half-truths about American history

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Religious Toleration in Colonial America?

Episode 2

Neither American nor Revolutionary?

Episode 3

The Constitution Did Not Create a Democracy

Episode 4

Washington - Failures and Real Accomplishments

Episode 5

Confusions about Jefferson and Hamilton

Episode 6

Andrew Jackson - An Odd Symbol of Democracy

Episode 7

The Second Great Awakening - Enduring Impacts

Episode 8

Did Slavery Really Cause the Civil War?

Episode 9

The Civil War's Actual Turning Points

Episode 10

The Myth of Laissez-Faire

Episode 11

Misconceptions about the Original Populists

Episode 12

Labor in America - A Strange History

Episode 13

Myths about American Isolation and Empire

Episode 14

Early Progressives Were Not Liberals

Episode 15

Woodrow Wilson and the Rating of Presidents

Episode 16

The Roaring Twenties Reconsidered

Episode 17

Hoover and the Great Depression Revisited

Episode 18

What Did Roosevelt's New Deal Really Do?

Episode 19

World War II Misconceptions and Myths

Episode 20

Was the Cold War Inevitable?

Episode 21

The Real Blunders of the Vietnam War

Episode 22

Myths about American Wars

Episode 23

Who Matters in American History?

Episode 24

History Did Not Begin with Us