American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the Goliad Massacre at Presidio La Bahia, where almost 400 Texas soldiers lost their lives during the Texas Revolution.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Joe, a man enslaved to William Barrett Travis. Joe was the only adult male to survive the assault of the Alamo by Mexican forces led by Santa Anna on March 6, 1836. Joe’s survival offers some of the most critical accounts of the fighting. Joe arrived in Texas in 1832 – 1833, and this video lecture covers his life and testimony about the attack at the Alamo. Joe arrived at the Alamo when Travis took over command there in February 1836
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget exploring the life of Juan Seguin, a Mexican-born citizen who supported Texas’ right to influence Mexican law, and fought for Texas Independence while commanding a unit at the Battle of San Jacinto.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Susanna Dickinson, who survived the Alamo siege. She relayed a message to General Sam Houston about the outcomes of the Alamo from Santa Anna, and made sacrifices during the Texas Revolution.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Aztecs and Cortes, (2) The Debacle of Cabeza de Vaca, (3) Coronado's Expedition, (4) De Soto's Expedition, (5) Transforming and Abandoning Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration in Texas, covering: (1) The World that Silver Made, (2) Presidios and Missions, (3) La Salle and the French Threat. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas, covering: (1) Texas by 1800; (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [a] Louisiana Purchase, 1803, [b] Mexican War for Independence, 1810-1820. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican independence from Spain, covering: (1) The U.S. Land Crisis, (2) Moses Austin's Zany Scheme, (3) Do We Let in the Americans?, (4) Founding the Austin Colony. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) Disturbances at Anahuac and Velasco, (2) Texans as Ardent Federalists, (3) The Quest for Separate Statehood, (4) Cotton Boom!, (5) Chaos of 1835, Revolution Begins. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution, covering: (1) Chaos of Late 1835, (2) Battle of San Antonio. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 1), covering: (3) Siege of the Alamo. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 2), covering: (3) Aftermath of the Siege of the Alamo, (4) Massacre at Goliad, (5) Runaway Scrape, (6) San Jacinto. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the founding of the Republic of Texas, covering: (1) What does the Republic mean to Texans?, (2) What Will Texas Become?, (3) Forming a Republic. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Republic of Texas, covering: (1) Presidency of Sam Houston, (2) Failures of Houston, (3) Presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, (4) Failures of Lamar. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the annexation of Texas, covering: (1) Republic of Texas on the Brink, (2) Playing the Annexation Game. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the U.S.-Mexico War, covering: (1) James K. Polk Gazes West, (2) Polk Provokes a Fight, (3) War in Northern and Central Mexico, (4) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (5) Mexican Cession. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the 1850s in Texas, covering: (1) Aftermath of U.S.-Mexican War, (2) Slave Labor versus Free Labor, (3) Compromise of 1850, (4) Bleeding Kansas, (5) Rise of the Republicans, (6) Dred Scott Decision. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the secession of Texas from the United States, covering: (1) John Brown's Raid, (2) The Election of 1860, (3) Texas and Secession. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the U.S. Civil War, covering: (1) War Breaks Out, (2), Texans in the Confederate Armies, (3) Life on the Homefront, (4) End of War, End of Slavery. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Civil War reconstruction in Texas, covering: (1) Three Major Questions, (3) Presidential Reconstruction, (3) Constitution of 1866, (4) Congress Takes Over Reconstruction. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the period after reconstruction in Texas, covering: (1) Republicans in Texas, (3) Constitution of 1868, (3) Violence and the Klan, (4) The "Redemption" of Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the rise of the cattle industry and conflicts with Indians in Texas, covering: (1) Massive Immigration, (2) Last of the Indian Wars, (3) Post-War Cattle Markets, (4) Rise of Cattle Drives. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about ranching in Texas, covering: (1) Rise of Mega-Ranches, (2) End of the Cattle Drives. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Texas near the end of the 19th century, including: (1) The Problem of Cotton, (2) The Grange, (3) The Farmer's Alliance, (4) Rise of the Populists, (5) Election of 1892. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Populism and the Jim Crow era in Texas, covering: (1) 1893 Populists on the Rise, (2)The Fateful Election of 1896, (3) Fall and Collapse of the Populists, (4) Establishing Jim Crow Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the hurricane that hit Texas in 1900, covering (1) Life in Texas by 1900, (2) the Storm of 1900. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about oil in Texas, covering: (1) Discovery of Oil at Spindletop, (2) Boomtowns, Huzzah!, (3) The Problem with Boomtowns, Boo!, (4) Rise of 'Progressives.' Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Rise and Fall of James Ferguson, (2) Mexican Revolution, (3) World War I. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Changing Times in the 1920s, (2) Rise of the New Klan, (3) Fall of the Klan, (4) Roaring Twenties. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Collapse of the KKK, (2) Roaring Twenties, (3) Everything Falls Apart. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the Great Depression in Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration. This lesson is incomplete and includes Dr. Torget's statement ending the class.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the conservative backlash to the New Deal in Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering preparations for war and involvement of Texans in World War II and the transformational effects it had on the State. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering a changing Texas around and shortly after World War II. Covers a changing economy, urbanization, politics, and the 1948 senate race. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the lead up to the Civil Rights Movement in Texas. Covers Mexican americans and LULAC, African Americans and the NAACP, and the aftermath of the Brown Decisions. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the the Civil Rights Era in Texas. Covers desegregation in Texas Schools, a crisis at Mansfield High School, the return of the Republican Party, JFK and LBJ, and the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the years of LBJ's presidency. Covers the war on poverty, Vietnam war, and the election of Richard Nixon. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the last quarter of the 20th Century in Texas. Covers the Women's Right movement, the oil boom of the 1970s-1980s, the rise of the Republican Party and the making of modern Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Texas prehistory through Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Land and the Rivers, (2) First Settlers before 1500, (3) Indians of Texas by 1500. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
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