Encore: The Age of Jackson | Great White Father | 4
During his military career, Andrew Jackson won several ruthless victories over indigenous people. After becoming president in 1829, he waged political war against them, too. Jackson championed “Indian...
29 Kesä 202235min
Encore: The Age of Jackson | King Mob | 3
On Andrew Jackson’s inauguration day, citizens mobbed the White House, breaking furniture and fine china. It was a sign of troubles to come. Elected as a populist president, Jackson was dogged by chao...
22 Kesä 202233min
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings | 2
In the summer of 1817, President James Monroe toured the country in an effort to unify the ever-growing United States. His optimistic presidency ushered in what became known as “The Era of Good Feelin...
15 Kesä 202232min
Encore: The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns | 1
In 1814, British troops burned down the White House. That fire would be extinguished, and the Executive Mansion would be rebuilt. But another fire smoldered on – a fire that would eventually consume t...
8 Kesä 202235min
The Great Mississippi Flood | Media Storm | 4
In 1927, a slow-moving catastrophe like the Great Mississippi Flood was perfect material for a relatively new medium: radio. Over the airwaves, the flood became the first natural disaster that America...
1 Kesä 202240min
The Great Mississippi Flood | Master of Emergencies | 3
Herbert Hoover’s management of the flood relief garnered widespread praise and put him in position to secure the Republican nomination for President. But the African-American press told a different st...
25 Touko 202238min
The Great Mississippi Flood | Dirty Water | 2
Early in the morning on April 22nd, 1927, flood waters from a break in the Mound Landing levee entered the town of Greenville, Mississippi. Within hours, the town was submerged in 10 feet of water. Th...
18 Touko 202239min
The Great Mississippi Flood | When the Levee Breaks | 1
In the winter and spring of 1927, record-setting rain fell across the central United States. The Mississippi River swelled to capacity, and by April, the water breached major levees. It was the start ...
11 Touko 202239min
