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Zane: US History: (1788-1933) Foreign Policy
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Follow America's transformation from a newcomer on the international
scene to a leader in world affairs. A 40-minute multimedia presentation
reveals the young nation's isolationism through the mid-nineteenth
century, and explains the reasons for its gradual shift to imperialism
and a world leadership role around 1900. Includes more than 550 images,
plus selections from the speeches of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt,
Harry Truman, and others.
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Zane: US History: (1866-1977) US Government
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Chart the path of the U.S. government in the decades following the Civil
War. In a 45-minute multimedia presentation enhanced by more than 550
images, you'll explore the changes that occurred in government as the
nation's leaders dealt with the problems of an emerging industrial
nation - massive immigration, poverty, and a devastating depression.
Discover how new foreign policy challenges helped to shape the role of
the government.
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Zane: US History: (1933-1963) Foreign Policy
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Chart the growing involvement of the United States in world affairs from
the 1930s to the Kennedy administration. A 55-minute multimedia
presentation, with more than 600 images, explores the nation's retreat
into isolationism during the Great Depression, and its return to a world
leadership role during and after World War II. Discover why the United
States pursued a new goal during the cold war: the containment of
communism throughout the world.
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Zane: US History: Jacksonian Democracy
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Survey the age of Andrew Jackson, and explore the political and social
changes associated with Jacksonian democracy. A 40-minute presentation
traces Jackson's career from plantation owner to military hero to
president of the United States. You'll discover how American politics
were redefined by Jackson's aggressive use of executive power and the
growing influence of political parties. More than 400 images depict
life in Jacksonian America.
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Zane: US History: Reconstruction
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Explore the difficulties of rebuilding a nation torn asunder by civil
war. A 30-minute multimedia presentation with more than 400 images
examines the United States in the decades following the Civil War.
Learn about the efforts of freed slaves and their Republican allies to
gain equality in postwar America, and trace the stubborn attempts of the
South to suppress the rights of blacks through elaborate legal codes and
intimidation. Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
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Zane: US History: Social Reform Movements
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How does a society address the need for massive social change? A
65-minute multimedia presentation, with more than 800 images, surveys
reform movements in America, showing how they emerged from an
ever-changing national conscience. Explore the crusade to end slavery
in the 1800s; the activism of the Progressive Era, when reformers worked
to stop the abuses of big business and industry; and the welfare reforms
and unionism of the 1930s.
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Zane: US History: The American West
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Learn how the mythic West, popularized in literature and movies,
differs from the West of historical fact. Examine the heavy-handed
methods used by the government to acquire western lands, the failed
dreams of pioneers and gold prospectors, and the brutal clashes
between white settlers and Native Americans.
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Zane: US History: The Civil War Two Views
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Understand the bloody conflict that was fought for the preservation of
the Union. A 75-minute multimedia presentation, featuring more than 800
images, examines the philosophical and economic clashes between North
and South in the decades before the war. Follow the war from Fort
Sumter to Appomattox. Learn about the Emancipation Proclamation and the
bitter postwar period, when freed slaves fought for a place in American
society.
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Zane: US History: The Great Depression
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Explore the economic and social conditions that contributed to the
Great Depression, and survey the upheavals triggered by the stock
market's collapse in 1929. A 70-minute multimedia presentation examines
the excesses of the Roaring Twenties, reveals the effects of the
depression on American society, and shows how President Franklin
Roosevelt's New Deal programs attempted to pull the country out of
economic crisis. More than 750 images enhance the presentation.
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Zoboomafoo Animal Alphabet
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Join Zoboomafoo, the lovable leaping lemur, to explore letters, early
reading, and the wacky and wonderful world of animals! Kids will
discover 26 different creatures - one for every letter of the
alphabet. This eye-popping adventure is filled with learning games,
animal videos, and printable activities. Come on, let's meet a
rhinoceros and make pals with a penguin! Ages 3-6.
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