Thursday, Nov 19, 2009

Manifest Destiny 2

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This is the second installment of the Manifest Destiny discussion.

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Thursday, Nov 19, 2009

Manifest Destiny 1

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This is the first of two installments about American expansion duirng the 1830s and 1840s. Texas, Oregon, and California are key topics.

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Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

The End of Salutary Neglect: The Taxation Issue

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With the end of the French and Indian War, the national debt of England doubled. With English citizens fed up with paying taxes for the protection of the American colonies, the tradition of salutary neglect came to an end.

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Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009

Puritan New England

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In introduction to Puritan New England with a dramatic reading of Jonathan Winthrop's sermon "A Model of Christian Charity."

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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009

Urbanization in the 19th Century

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Waves of immigration washed upon the shores of the United States in the 19th Century. How did this affect the U.S. and how did it affect the immigrants themselves?

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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009

Unions and Strikes in the Late 1800s

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Unions suffered from a number of handicaps in the late nineteenth century. Conflicting goals and strategies, as well as varied constituencies hampered progress, but a lack of government support and protection of the right to unionize and of collective action doomed unionization efforts until the twentieth century.

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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009

The Eisenhower Years

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This episode is a class discussion about the 1950s and the Eisenhower administration. Discussed are issues such as politics, foreign policy, and domestic culture.

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