Chapman IB APUSH
The Chapman IB APUSH podcast is a collection of lectures, discussions, and interviews related to Mr. David L. Chapman's AP US History and IB History of the Americas courses.
Hoover, FDR, and the New Deal
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Two presidents, two approaches to the Great Depression. Was Hoover to blame for the Great Depression? Did Roosevelt end it? These are some of the questions that are posed as we begin our look into the presidential war on the greatest economic calamity to strike the United States and the capitalist world.
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Saturday, Dec 12, 2009U.S. Imperialism in Latin America and the Mexican Revolution
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American imperialism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries created an intellectual conflict for many Americans. How can a country founded as a beacon of freedom from the power of an empire now turn toward creating its own empire. Intervention throughout Latin America and in the Mexican Revolution would put American idealism to the test.
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Saturday, Dec 12, 2009The Road to the Civil War
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For a country built on compromise, the 1850s would prove a challenge to negotiated peace between the pro- and anti-slavery factions. Eventually, there was no longer room for compromise.
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Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Manifest Destiny 2
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This is the second installment of the Manifest Destiny discussion.
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Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Manifest 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, 2009The 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, 2009Puritan 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, 2009Urbanization 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, 2009Unions 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, 2009The 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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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009The New Deal
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A discussion about the programs and intent of the New Deal as well as comments on effectiveness.
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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009The Start of WW2 in Europe
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The march toward war finally arrives as Europe is once again a theater of war.
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Thursday, Jul 09, 2009Presidential versus Congressional Reconstruction
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This episode is about the competing ideas in the executive and legislative branches for post-Civil War reconstruction.
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Monday, Jul 06, 2009Populism
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009Politics of the Gilded Age
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This time of great industrialization, urbanization, and immigration was tainted with graft. What was going on?
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009Hoover Responds to the Great Depression
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President Hoover inherited a financial disaster. How did he respond to it. Listeners can consider the events of 1929-1932 and compare them to the situation today.
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009President Hayes thru Chester Arthur
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A discussion of Gilded Age presidents and their relationships with the U.S. Congress.
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009Gilded Age Industrialization
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Politics and Industry have a close relationship in this period of expansion, innovation, and political graft. Could reformers make a difference?
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009The Election of U.S. Grant and the Decline of the Republican South
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Grant wins with the Freedmen's votes and the "waving of the bloody shirt," but how long can Republican political power maintain control in the redemption-minded South?
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009Criticism of the New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal agenda was not without its critics. Whether on the Left or Right, his detractors found reasons to complain about FDR's far-reaching programs.
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Sunday, Jul 05, 2009Congress versus Andrew Johnson
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The conflict of Reconstruction theories between Radical Republicans and President Andrew Johnson boils over into an impeachment effort.
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Saturday, Jul 04, 2009Cleveland and Harrison: The Gilded Age
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Saturday, Jul 04, 2009Causes of the Great Depression, Part 2
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This is the continuation of the discussion on the causes of the Great Depression.
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Friday, Jul 03, 2009Causes of the Great Depression, Part 1
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In this episode, we delve into the economic and cultural climate of the 1920s. We examine the key economic indicators that signal the coming of the crash of the stock market and the start of the Great Depression.
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