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Here is the movie review guide: Film Review
I have a few ideas for films to explore:
Goal 1 Colonization - The New World;
Goal 2 Revolution - 1776 (a musical, oh well...); The Patriot (R);
Goal 3 Federal Period - The Buccaneers; Jefferson in Paris
Goal 4 Nationalism and Sectionalism -- Little Women (look for the idea of Transcendentalism) , A Man Called Horse, Uncle Tom's Cabin; Also good, but rated R: Amistad; Cold Mountain.
Goal 5 Expansionism and Jackson - The Alamo;
Goal 6 Crisis and Civil War -- Almost too many to include here, but... Ride With the Devil; Glory; Gettysburg; Red Badge of Courage;
Goal 7 The Great West - Any western directed by John Ford; Little Big Man; Dances With Wolves;
Goal 8 The Gilded Age - Newsies
Goal 9 Progressivism - Iron Jawed Angels
Goal 10 Imperialism and WWI - Rough Riders; Fly Boys;
Goal 11 1920s - Chicago; Great Gatsby
Goal 12 - Depression and New Deal: Cannary Row; Grapes of Wrath;
Goal 13 WWII - Pearl Harbor; Saving Private Ryan (R); Letters from Iwo Jima (R); Flags of Our Fathers (R); Wind Talkers;
Goal 14 Cold War and 50s - 13 Days; Quiz Show; Back to the Future; Peggy Sue Got Married; Atomic Cafe;
Goal 15 60s and 70s - There are a multitude of films about Vietnam -- choose a good one; Forest Gump; Nixon; Frost Nixon; All the President's Men; Malcolm X; JFK; Mississippi Burning; Long Walk Home;
Goal 16 - Since 1980: ???
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