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The Tyranny and Triumph of the Majority
Season 3
American culture of the 1830s reflected the rise of democracy. The majority exercised a new type of power that went well beyond politics, leading Ale…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Indian Removal
Season 3
Popular culture in the Age of Jackson emphasized the perceived savagery of the Native peoples and shaped domestic policy. Popular animosity found exp…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Nullification Crisis and the Bank War
Season 3
Andrew Jackson’s election in 1832 signaled the rise of the Democratic Party and a new style of American politics. Jackson understood the views of the…
4 weeks ago
The Rise of American Democracy
Season 3
The Democratic-Republicans’ “corrupt bargain” that brought John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to office in 1824 also helped to push them out of office …
4 weeks, 2 days ago
A New Political Style: From John Quincy Adams to Andrew Jackson
Season 3
The early 1800s saw an age of deference give way to universal manhood suffrage and a new type of political organization based on loyalty to the party…
1 month ago
On the Move: The Transportation Revolution
Season 3
A transportation infrastructure rapidly took shape in the 1800s as American investors and the government began building roads, turnpikes, canals, and…
1 month ago
A New Social Order: Class Divisions
Season 3
The creation of distinctive classes in the North drove striking new cultural developments. Even among the wealthy elites, northern business families,…
1 month ago
A Vibrant Capitalist Republic
Season 3
The selling of the public domain was one of the key features of the early nineteenth century in the United States. Thousands rushed west to take part…
1 month ago
Early Industrialization in the Northeast
Season 3
Industrialization led to radical changes in American life. New industrial towns, like Waltham, Lowell, and countless others, dotted the landscape of …
1 month, 1 week ago
The United States Goes Back to War
Season 3
The United States was drawn into its “Second War of Independence” against Great Britain when the British, engaged in the Napoleonic Wars against Fran…
1 month, 1 week ago