1. The Early Republic / Critical Period
“The Alexander Hamilton Mix-Tape”
Written & Performed (Live) : Lin-Manuel Miranda
2. The Civil War
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
Written & Performed (Live) : The Band
3. Reconstruction
“I’m A Good Ol’ Rebel”
Written By: (CSA) Major James Innes Randolph (1914)
Performed By: Hoyt Axton
4. Life in the Cattle Kingdom
“Diamond Joe”
Unknown Authorship
Performed By: The Failsworth Pilgrims
5. Progressive Reformers
“My Little Shirtwaist Fire”
Written & Performed By: Rasputina
6. World War I
“Over There”
Written By: George M. Cohan
Performed By: Billy Murray
7. The Roaring 20s
“Ain’t We Got Fun?”
Music Written By: Richard A Whiting
Lyrics Written By: Raymond B. Egan & Gus Kahn
Performed By: Jill Corey
8. Harlem Renaissance
“Strange Fruit”
Written & Performed by: Billie Holiday
(More music from the Harlem Renaissance can be found at JCU’s Harlem Renaissance Media Archive.)
9. The Great Depression
“Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?”
Lyrics: Yip Harburg
Music: Jay Gorney
Sung by: Al Jolson
10. Dust Bowl Migrations
“Do-Re-Mi”
Lyrics by: Woodie Guthrie
Performed by: Ani DiFranco
11. The New Deal
“Roll On, Columbia”
Written & Performed by: Woodie Guthrie
12. Kent State
“Ohio”
Written By: Neil Young
Performed By: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
13. End of the Cold War
“Right Here, Right Now”
Written By: Mike Edwards
Performed By: Jesus Jones