Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Mar 09, 2026
He was French by birth—but American by conviction. Wounded in battle, tireless in diplomacy, and fiercely loyal to George Washington, Lafayette became one of the Revolution’s most essential actors.…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Dec 01, 2025
Before the American Revolution came the French and Indian War—a conflict that redrew maps, ignited colonial unrest, and brought to the world stage a young man who would change the course of history.…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Nov 24, 2025
Before the American Revolution in 1776, there was another revolution decades earlier. This one wasn’t about freedom vs. tyranny, but about something else entirely, and it changed the face of the…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Nov 17, 2025
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 remain one of the most infamous—and misunderstood—episodes in American history. What caused the panic? Why did so many go along with it? And how did this dark chapter…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Nov 10, 2025
One was founded on profit. The other on faith. Jamestown and Plymouth shaped two powerful forces in American life: commerce and religion. Thomas Kidd, author of American History Volumes 1 and 2,…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jul 14, 2025
The 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education launched the modern Civil Rights movement. Sherif Girgis, Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, explains how and why the…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 09, 2025
It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time when the Supreme Court once ruled that black Americans could never be citizens. Janice Rogers Brown, former California Supreme Court Justice, examines…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 09, 2025
How could protecting workers’ rights open a Pandora’s box of legal activism? Robert George, Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, unpacks Lochner v. New York (1905)—the Supreme Court…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · May 26, 2025
There is no guarantee that future historians will accurately depict the American story. In PragerU’s 2025 commencement address, Glenn Beck warns that we all have an obligation to preserve history in…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Dec 30, 2024
On the heels of a military victory in Iraq, a successful conclusion of the Cold War, and an 89% approval rating, President George H. W. Bush should have sailed effortlessly into a second term. But it…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Nov 18, 2024
After the Watergate scandal, Jimmy Carter had the perfect campaign slogan: “I’ll never lie to you.” No one questioned his character; only his policies. He thought he could change the world. But the…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Oct 28, 2024
When Richard Nixon resigned as President following the Watergate scandal, America was in a bad way. The nation needed a leader who could mend the country’s divisions. Was Gerald Ford that leader?…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Sep 23, 2024
Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to wage a war on poverty. Instead, he waged a war halfway around the world in Vietnam. That conflict defined him, his presidency, and the decade of the 1960s. Historian Bill…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Sep 23, 2024
Lyndon B. Johnson created hundreds of social programs to "cure" poverty. But who would administer those programs? And how exactly would they work? No one seemed to know. No one seemed to care. The…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jul 22, 2024
With his movie star looks and beautiful young family, John F. Kennedy was the picture-perfect president of the television era. But some critics said he was too young and inexperienced to be president…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jul 22, 2024
With John F. Kennedy at the helm, everything seemed possible—economic prosperity, progress toward racial equality, and even putting a man on the moon. But it all came crashing down in an instant.…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 24, 2024
The 1950s are widely regarded as a period of undisputed American greatness. The United States dominated the world in almost every respect, from science to culture, from John Wayne westerns to…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 24, 2024
As the Korean War intensified, war-weary Americans turned to a new leader, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the hero of World War II, to bring them peace. “Ike,” as he was known to everyone, didn’t…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · May 13, 2024
Harry Truman led America to victory in World War II, but a new challenge was looming: the spread of communism across the globe. Would America’s 33rd president retreat into isolation, or fight the new…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · May 13, 2024
When Harry Truman suddenly became president, World War II was reaching its climax. He was soon confronted with one of the biggest decisions any president would ever have to make. Elizabeth Spalding,…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Apr 01, 2024
As America’s 28th president, Woodrow Wilson greatly expanded the size and scope of the federal government. How did he do it, and why? RJ Pestritto, professor of politics at Hillsdale College, answers…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Apr 01, 2024
In his first term as president, Woodrow Wilson sought to transform America. In his second term, he sought to transform the world. RJ Pestritto, professor of politics at Hillsdale College, describes…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Feb 19, 2024
The time had come for America to take its place among the great nations of the world. There was no better man to lead this charge than Theodore Roosevelt. Wilfred McClay, professor of history at…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Feb 19, 2024
Was there ever a more bold and brash character to occupy the White House than Theodore Roosevelt? Wilfred McClay, professor of history at Hillsdale College, tells the story of how this politician,…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Feb 19, 2024
William Howard Taft served as both the President of the United States and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court — the only man to ever do so. Richard Lim, host of the This American President…