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Supreme Court Landmarks | The Cherokee Cases
Season 26 Episode 2
In the early 1800s, the United States was growing rapidly, seeking land and resources for its expanding population. But the growth threatened Native …
5 years, 6 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Predicament of John Marshall
Season 26 Episode 1
After the War of Independence, the new American government created the Supreme Court to be have the final word on disputes that the states couldn’t s…
5 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | The Reagan Revolution
Season 25 Episode 6
The year 1968 marked a watershed in American politics. Anti-war protests were roiling the country. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was sho…
5 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | The New Deal Coalition
Season 25 Episode 5
The 1929 stock market crash saw 14 billion dollars vanish in a matter of hours — and with it, the Republican party’s decades-long grip on American po…
5 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | The Golden Age of the GOP
Season 25 Episode 4
As the Civil War came to a close, the government set its sights once again on the future of the United States. Working closely with a Republican Pres…
5 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | The Turbulent 1850s
Season 25 Episode 3
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of western land. But in the 1850s, the question of wh…
5 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | Jacksonian Democracy
Season 25 Episode 2
Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 presidential election to John Quincy Adams through what some called a “corrupt bargain” in the House of Representatives.…
5 years, 8 months ago
Encore: Political Parties | A Tale of Two Parties
Season 25 Episode 1
In the earliest days of the United States, there was no such thing as an organized political party. George Washington, elected twice to the presidenc…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Gilded Age | What America Failed to Learn from the Gilded Age
Season 24 Episode 7
Throughout our series, corporate giants and their exploitation of workers was disturbing evidence of capitalism run amok. That greed and disregard fo…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Gilded Age | Cross of Gold
Season 24 Episode 6
In the spring of 1894, hundreds of unemployed workers trudged through rain and snow on a 400-mile trek from Ohio to the nation’s capital. They joined…
5 years, 8 months ago