Encore: Political Parties | Jacksonian Democracy | 2
Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 presidential election to John Quincy Adams through what some called a “corrupt bargain” in the House of Representatives. The maneuver was masterminded by hot-headed but po...
16 Sep 202047min
Encore: Political Parties | A Tale of Two Parties | 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 presidency unanimously in the Electoral College, warned the ...
9 Sep 202045min
The Gilded Age | What America Failed to Learn from the Gilded Age | 7
Throughout our series, corporate giants and their exploitation of workers was disturbing evidence of capitalism run amok. That greed and disregard for the working class defined the Gilded Age. But the...
2 Sep 202038min
The Gilded Age | Cross of Gold | 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 armies of jobless men from all across the country ...
26 Aug 202041min
The Gilded Age | Workers Revolt! | 5
As the century came to a close, labor unrest reached explosive new heights. Industrial expansion made businessmen and bankers rich. But workers faced low wages, long hours, and dangerous conditions. T...
19 Aug 202038min
The Gilded Age | Exclusion | 4
Amid the glamor and growth of the Gilded Age, racism and anti-immigrant hostility swept the nation. With the end of Reconstruction, white communities across the South stripped African Americans of the...
12 Aug 202043min
The Gilded Age | How the Other Half Lives | 3
In the spring of 1883, Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt threw the grandest party New York had ever seen, claiming her spot at the top of the city’s social hierarchy. The Gilded Age drove feverish growth in Americ...
5 Aug 202040min
The Gilded Age | Rise of the Robber Barons | 2
In the 1870s and 1880s, businessmen clawed their way to the top of the new industrial economy, accumulating staggering fortunes. Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller ruthlessly eliminated his rivals one by ...
29 Jul 202041min
