The United States of America is one of the strongest countries in the world and leader in global affairs. The history of the United States and how it came to be a world power is both beautiful and complicated. We have realized that most citizens of our country are not as informed about the history of our country, and they need a trustworthy medium that doesn’t masquerade opinion as fact. US History Repeated is a fact-based American history podcast that shares and discusses important historical and political concepts, essential for both understanding our shared history and emerging current events. Our goal is to provide our listeners with the facts and avoid pushing a political agenda. We are a leading choice among people for the best American history podcasts. You can browse through our podcasts to see the detailed and factual information shared in them. We believe in providing you with the facts so that you can form your own opinions. Knowledge is power!

Podcast #1: Articles of Confederation

Podcast 1: The Federal Government

The Colonies win their independence. (1783)

The only relationship with a strong central Government was one that oppressed them.

1st attempts at Government failed ( Articles of Confederation) it was a weak central government with the bulk of the power lying with the states.

-written in 1777, passed 1781 Interstate conflict – Shays Rebellion – over taxes and trade 1791 Whiskey Rebellion – New Federal Gov’t able to stop it.

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Podcast #2: Article 2 of the Constitution

Article 2 of the Constitution

Requirements: U.S. born Citizen; 35 years old, resident of the U.S. for 14 years

Term: 4 years

A Precedent of two terms set by George Washington was followed until FDR and after the 22nd amendment was passed to the Constitution – 2 terms a total of no more than 10 years.

Roles of the President

enforces the law In charge of the Executive Branch Commander in chief

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Podcast #3: Executive Branch Part II

How the President Elected: 2 part system Popular Vote and The Electoral College

Now that we know who can be President and what the President does; it is necessary to discuss how the President is elected.

The compromise that helped to decide who should elect the President

The Possibilities: Congress

State Governments or Legislatures

enforces the law In charge of the Executive Branch Commander in chief

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Podcast # 4: The rise and Evolution of Political Parties

Political Parties first began to emerge during the creation of the Constitution. Supporters of a strong Central Government became known as Federalists and those that preferred the individual states to have the majority of the power were known as Democratic Republicans. During George Washington’s Presidency, political parties really began to take shape – Cabinet Adams (Federalist) Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican)

Washington warned of Political Parties in his farewell address.

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Podcast # 5: Voting Rights in the U.S.

Today the voting requirements are: U.S. Citizen, 18 +.

It wasn’t always this way. Over the course of our nation’s history, the right to vote has been extended to various groups and the age requirement has changed. The extension of the right to vote didn’t happen easily or wasn’t always achieved peacefully. People died, people were beaten, people were lynched, people were left to rot in jail cells, all because they wanted the right to vote.

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Podcast # 6: Primary Elections

Primary elections help to narrow down the pool of candidates for a Political Party. Presidential candidates are selected at their respective party’s convention. The number of delegates that each state has along with delegates from American territories is derived from the State’s share of the total democratic or Republican popular vote in the last Presidential election as well the proportion of the electoral college vote.

Types of Primary elections:

Closed Primaries: only individuals who are registered to vote as a Democrat or Republican

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Podcast #7: Campaign Financing

FEC.GOV

Mission: To protect the integrity of the federal campaign finance process by providing transparency and fairly enforcing and administering federal campaign finance laws.

The call for reform : Progressive Era

Many laws throughout the early and mid 1900s but they were difficult to enforce. The FEC isn’t perfect but it has played a critical part in enforcement.

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Podcast # 8: George Washington

Pre- Presidency

Grew up on a Plantation in Virginia

Like most wealthy young men at the time, he was most likely privately tutored at home. He began his career as a Land Surveyor and was a member of the Virginia Militia and fought in the French and Indian War. He was eventually put in charge of the entire Militia of Virginia. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (The first legislative body in the New World).

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Podcast # 9: How a Supreme Court Justice is appointed?

The Judicial Branch interprets the laws. Think of the Supreme Court as the referee in a sporting event. On the sidelines, but they can have a significant impact on the rights of the people.

The Supreme Court is the highest Court in the United States. The Supreme Court was established in Article 3 of the Constitution but very little was laid by the Framers of the constitution.

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Podcast # 10: John Adams

John Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. He attended Harvard University and became a lawyer. He married Abigail Smith Adams. They were married for 54 years and had 6 children. She was his closest advisor. Kept apart by foreign appointments and his various government roles, but they consistently wrote letters to each other.

He was a successful lawyer and had a law practice in Boston.

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Podcast # 11: Should statues and Military installations named after historical figures with ties to slavery and The Confederacy be removed or renamed?

In recent years and even going back decades in some instances, there has been a call to remove statues and to rename military bases that depict the likeness or the name of historical figures with ties to slavery. The fierce debate on this has become heightened in recent months. The American Public has been divided over this.

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Podcast # 12: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson is one of those historical figures that has a very complicated legacy. He did great things, but he was also someone whose ideologies didn’t always match his actions. A man of great contradictions, great achievements and horrible atrocities. Like many White, Southern land owning men at the time, Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. In this podcast, we will cover both sides to this man. The good and the bad.

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Podcast # 13: War of 1812 and Presidency of James Madison

James Madison: was the son of a wealthy Virginia plantation owner. His family lived in a large home named Montpelier which was built by slave labor. Upon his father’s death he inherited the home and the slaves. He was privately tutored in a number of different areas and studied at what would later become Princeton. He studied history, geography, philosophy and classical languages. He got involved in Virginia politics and began what would become now only a lifelong

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Podcast # 14: Life and Presidency of James Monroe

Era of Good Feeling, Missouri Compromise and Monroe Doctrine

Like many of the Presidents before him, James Monroe was from Virginia. He was Born to a wealthy Planter Family. His parents died when he was young and he inherited the property and slaves. Over his lifetime it is believed he owned around 250 slaves. He called for the gradual abolition of slavery and supported the movement to move freed blacks to colonies

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Podcast # 15: Presidency of John Quincy Adams, Election of 1824, Sectionalism and the rise of Jacksonian Democracy.

John Q. Adams was born in 1767 in Massachusetts. He was a child during the American Revolution and when his father worked as a special envoy to various European countries, he was brought along with him. Starting at the age of 10, John Q. Adams accompanied his father to France, England, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden and Prussia.

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Podcast # 16: Presidency of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson is such an interesting historical figure. His legacy is one that is certainly polarizing. He was not the typical presidential candidate. His early life heavily influencing both his demeanor and the actions he would take as president.

Andrew Jackson was born of very humble means. He was born On March 15, 1767. His parents were Scottish and Irish Immigrants who had moved to the western frontier. His father died shortly before his birth and his mother relied on relatives who lived nearby. Andrew Jackson’s family were poor farmers.

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Podcast # 17: Manifest Destiny and The Mexican-American War

In the years after Jackson’s Presidency we see a number of 1 termers and 1 month long Presidency.

Martin Van Buren’s 1 term presidency was plagued by the consequences of Jackson’s decisions as President. Martin Van Buren was Andrew Jackson’s handpicked successor. A lawyer and politician from New York who had helped win President Jackson needed Northern support during his presidency. The Panic of 1837 as a response to the closure of The Second National Bank, The Trail of Tears as a result of Jackson and Van Buren’s policies towards Native Americans.

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Podcast # 18: Industrial Revolution

Before the Industrial Revolution, products were made by hand at home. It required skilled labor. If you couldn’t produce your own yarn or cloth, you had to barter or trade with another family who could. Most people didn’t have the money to buy ready-made clothing. When it came to clothing, most people only had a few items of clothing. You don’t have closets or drawers full of clothing you never wear. When clothing got holes it was mended, when you grew out of it, it was given to your younger sibling.

Once upon a time to make cloth, it required a series of processes completed by different people who were highly skilled in a certain part of the process.

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Podcast # 19: Second Great Awakening and the Reform Movements of the 1830s and 1840s

Before we continue to move along into the 1850s and the events that will lead up to The Civil War, it is important to rewind the clock a bit and discuss some social changes that helped to shape the history of The United States.

To understand how much of a game changer, the Second Great Awakening was for society we have to discuss the Religious beliefs of Colonial America. The first English Settlers were made up of English Dissenters. When talking about New England Colonies we are of course referring to The Pilgrims and Puritans.

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Podcast # 20: Reform Movements of the 1830s and 1840s Part II

The Women’s Suffrage movement

Having the right to vote was critical if women were going to be able to secure other rights within American society. Women did not have access to the same education as men, the same jobs as men. The most prestigious schools only admitted men. When women were employed in the few occupations that were deemed appropriate such as teaching for example, they were paid less than their male counterparts.

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Podcast # 21: Events of the 1850s

The Women’s Suffrage movement

We have been building up to the Civil War for quite some time. Sectionalism, lack of national unity and the issue of the extension of slavery into new territories are at an all-time high. The events of the 1850s will make the Civil War all but inevitable.

After the Mexican American War ended in 1848, sectional tensions were at an all-time high. In 1849, The Whigs were victorious in electing their candidate Zachary Taylor as President. Zachary Taylor was a General in the US army and gained notoriety in both the second Seminole war and the Mexican American War.

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Podcast # 22: Election of 1860 and southern secession

The Election of 1860 saw 4 Presidential Hopefuls. The Democratic Party had split. Northern and Southern democrats couldn’t agree over their position on the extension of slavery into the territories or for a candidate for that matter so – they ran two candidates. John Breckinridge who was from Kentucky and had served as James Buchanan’s Vice President. The two men didn’t work together much as President and VP, yet when he ran for President Buchanan along with two other former Presidents endorsed him.

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Podcast # 23: The Life, Presidency and Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is one of our former presidents whose legacy has taken on a life of its own. He is remembered for a great many things. A log cabin, being honest, a rail splitter, a lawyer, a great orator, a former president, a great emancipator. In all of those descriptions, much of Abraham Lincoln is lost. He wasn’t always a supporter of emancipation; those views would evolve over the course of his lifetime. His views on racial equality are not what most people would expect them to be.

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Podcast # 24: The Civil War – The Union vs. The Confederacy

The Civil was lasted from 1861-1865 and is the bloodiest war in American history. A war, that originally was thought would only last a few months. A conflict, that had been simmering for decades finally erupted with the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina in April of 1861. Confederate soldiers attacked the fort and quickly won it. The war not only divided the country between the North and South but family members who fought on opposing sides. Families with one brother fighting for the Union and another fighting for the Confederacy.

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Podcast # 25: The Civil War Part II

A Political War vs a Moral War

At the start of the Civil war this was a war to preserve the Union. It was not at the outset a war to end slavery that wouldn’t happen until 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation which we will talk more about.

Major Battles:

There were many battles during the civil war. It would be impossible to discuss all of them. Battles were fought in the southeast, in the deep south like Vicksburg and in the west in battles like Shiloh.

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Podcast # 26: Reconstruction and the Presidency of Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction

The time period of Reconstruction is from 1865-1877. The majority of the south was in ruins. There was so much that needed to be done Politically, Socially and Economically. Imagine looking at a large glass vase that has fallen and shattered into hundreds and thousands of pieces. Where do you begin? How do you put this back together in a way that it functions, can you repair it in a way where you can’t tell that it had been broken apart? 12 years wasn’t nearly enough time. Reconstruction ends not because the work they had set out to complete was finished.

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Podcast # 27: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

The election of 1868 was important for a number of reasons. It was the first Presidential Election after the Civil War and it was the first Presidential election after Black males were given the right to vote. In addition, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia had not yet met all of the requirements to be readmitted into the Union, so they didn’t participate in the election. Incumbent President Andrew Johnson was fresh off of his Impeachment Trial and was not nominated by either party. The Republicans put up General Ulysses S. Grant (he had no political experience but remember...

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Podcast # 28: Compromise of 1877 and the Life and Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

The Election of 1876 was one of the most controversial elections until the election of 2000 between Gore & George W. Bush and the most recent election of 2020 between Trump and Biden. In 1876, The Republican party who had been battered by scandal throughout Grant’s Presidency, put up Rutherford B. Hayes and the Democrats put up Samuel J. Tilden. Samuel J. Tilden was the Governor of New York. He was born and raised in NY, studied Law and became a successful lawyer. He was involved in local New York Politics and was at one point the protégé of Martin Van Buren.

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Podcast # 29: The Transcontinental Railroad

With the end of the Mexican –American War the United States gained a vast amount of territory and realized its goal of Manifest Destiny. The United States had gained control of the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. One time, the thought of settlers living west of the Mississippi where Native Americans had been forced to relocate was a foreign one. With the gaining of new territories and the desire for more land, more and more people moved west on what had once been designated as Indian Territory. Yet again, Natives who had already been relocated would see their lands taken away again, relocated again

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Podcast # 30: Impact on Native Americans

When we talk of the Transcontinental Railroad, we often discuss the positives. The sheer ingenuity of the railroad lines, how it benefited the US Economically, Socially and Politically. While it allowed some groups to grow and prosper, it led to the destruction of another, Native Americans.

The Government had already forcibly relocated most Native American groups west of the Mississippi River. The tribes living along the Great Plains were severely impacted by Westward Expansion and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Podcast #31: Booker T. Washington vs. WEB Dubois’ views on the improvement of conditions for Black Americans

For Black Americans in the post-civil war era, while some rights had been given, through the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, the black codes that had been passed in the southern states drastically limited those rights. Furthering the progress and protecting the rights of Black Americans was left up to Black Americans. When Reconstruction ended in 1877 well before it should have ended, the Federal Government abandoned Black America. The Federal Government would not protect the rights granted in the late 1860s and 1870s until the 1960s.

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Podcast #32: History of Money in The United States

General Currency as an opening:

What is money? By definition, it's something of value. But over the last 10,000 years, the material form that money has taken has changed considerably—from cattle and cowrie shells to today's electronic currency.

At first there was a barter system - people exchanged resources or services for mutual benefit. In fact, this is still going on today. In my advertising business, I have bartered services for other items or services I needed. I had a complete security installed along with cameras, thermostats, etc for a website and some digital services.

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Podcast #33: Plessy V. Ferguson and the emergence of Segregation in the United States

“It was not, then, race and culture calling out of the South in 1876; it was property and privilege, shrieking to its own kind, and privilege and property heard and recognized the voice of its own.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Jim Crow laws were named after a song “Jump Jim Crow” which was performed by whites in blackface. These were common depictions in vaudeville shows throughout the country. In the post Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Laws restricted the rights provided to Black Americans from the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.

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Podcast #34: California Gold Rush of 1849

SUMMARY

The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

Fun fact - The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in U.S. history. We will get into the numbers later on!

Earlier discoveries

Gold was discovered in California as early as March 9, 1842, at Rancho San Francisco, in the mountains north of present-day Los Angeles.

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Podcast #35: Immigration and the growth of cities Part 1

Millions of Immigrants came to the United States between 1870 and 1900. The majority of these immigrants came mostly from Northern European countries like England, Ireland and Germany. These groups are often referred to as Old Immigrants. New Immigrants consisted of groups from Southern and Eastern Europe. They spoke different languages and had different religions. The influx of these new groups of people eventually gave way to Anti-Immigrant sentiments and Nativist policies that led to the change of Immigration policies in the 1920s.

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Podcast # 37: The Gilded Age and the Rise of Big Business Part 1

The term Gilded Age was coined by Mark Twain and was used to describe the United States from the post civil war era to the end of the 19th century or the end of the 1800s. In 1870, Mark Twain wrote “What is the chief end of man… to get rich! In what way? Dishonestly of we can; honestly if we must”. I always tried to hammer home to my students what that term Gilded meant.

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Podcast # 38: The Gilded Age and the Rise of Big Business Part 2

Now, lets talk a bit about J P Morgan. His is a different story than Carnegie. He grows up in a wealthy family and is afforded with just about every privilege possible as the time. His first job was at the NY Branch of the firm his father worked for. Like Carnegie he is also able to avoid fighting in the Civil War by paying for someone to fight in his place. His father, Julius is a man of great wealth and influence and is a partner in a European Financial company.

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Podcast # 39: The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester Arthur

James Garfield was President for 4 months. He is not a President that if often talked about, but considering the brief length of his Presidency, that makes sense. James Abram Garfield was born in Ohio in 1831. Like many Presidents before him, he was born to a poor family who lived in a Log Cabin. His father died when he was young and the family struggled. He didn’t have much formal schooling until his teenage years where he excelled at school.

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Podcast # 40: Grover Cleveland & Benjamin Harrison

Alright, so in this podcast we are going to discuss two little known or discussed Presidents – Grover Cleveland (the only President to date to serve two non-consecutive terms and Benjamin Harrison the grandson of former President William Henry Harrison)

Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in 1837 into a large family in Caldwell, NJ and the family moved to upstate NY when he was young. After the death of his father, Grover Cleveland had to leave school as a young teenager and began working to help support his family.

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Podcast #41: Podcast #41: The Presidency of William McKinley, and the Spanish American War

Alright, so a big podcast. We are approaching the turn of a new Century within this episode, we will be talking about the Election of 1896 between William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley, the life, Presidency and Assassination of William McKinley, President #25 and the Spanish American War.

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Podcast #42: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt - Part 1

Theodore Roosevelt didn’t have the usual start to his Presidency. He was sworn in immediately following the death of President McKinley who had succumbed to wounds caused by an assassin. He was the first President to have 24-hour Secret Service Protection. He was the youngest President we have had. He was 42 when he was sworn in as President. John F. Kennedy gets the prize for being the youngest person elected President, but Roosevelt was younger and he became President as a result of the President’s death.

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Podcast #43: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt - Part 2

Conservation

TR’s love for the natural world started as a young boy. He drew pictures of animals and wild life, he even had small birds and animals that he preserved himself. Many specimens at both the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian are animals that were hunted by Teddy Roosevelt and preserved. He had taken lessons in taxidermy as a young teenager! His legacy for Conservation is one that is hotly debated, particularly due to his love of hunting.

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Podcast #44: Life and Presidency of William Howard Taft - Part 1

Conservation

TR’s love for the natural world started as a young boy. He drew pictures of animals and wild life, he even had small birds and animals that he preserved himself. Many specimens at both the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian are animals that were hunted by Teddy Roosevelt and preserved. He had taken lessons in taxidermy as a young teenager! His legacy for Conservation is one that is hotly debated, particularly due to his love of hunting.

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Podcast #45: Life and Presidency of William Howard Taft - Part 2

Domestic Issues

Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act

True to his promise in his inaugural address, he hoped to change the existing tariff. Taft felt that high tariffs hurt consumers and limited competition. He hoped to get them lowered. The President supported the Bill but by the time it was ready for the Senate to pass, there had been so much compromise and changes made to the original Bill.

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Podcast # 46: The Progressive Era, Muckrakers and Settlement Houses

The Progressive Era takes place from roughly 1890-1920. This is a big chunk of time in American History where see unprecedented growth and changes to American society. It’s also important for me to mention that without WWI, Women’s suffrage and Prohibition might not have been passed when they were. It is during this time period where we see a variety of reforms or changes being made at the local, state and federal levels of government. Progressives came from a variety of backgrounds and socioeconomic classes within society.

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Podcast # 47: Podcast Progressive Era 2

Child Labor in the United States has a long history and still exists in many places around the globe. Child labor existed throughout the country. It’s certainly hard to picture today, but if we were to travel back in time and suddenly find ourselves in a New England Mill in the mid-1800s or on a family owned farm, it would be commonplace to see young children doing work that most adults would find difficult today. Conditions were such that once a child was physically able to work,

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Podcast # 48: Progressive Era Part 3 - The FDA

Upton Sinclair was a writer and a socialist. He spent a number of weeks undercover at a Chicago meat packing plant. His book, The Jungle was meant to shed light on the terrible working conditions. Instead, people focused on the ways in which their meat was being produced. The Meat Inspection Act was passed in response to Upton Sinclair’s book the Jungle.

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Podcast #49: 16th and 17th Amendments

16th Amendment

Alright before we get into the meat and potatoes of the first of the 4 Progressive Era Amendments, I think it’s important to discuss taxes and what they are and why the Government collects them. We have all heard the phrase “The two certainties in life are death and taxes.” I can’t shed much light for you on death, but I can talk a bit about taxes.

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Podcast #50: The 18th Amendment and Prohibition

Temperance Movement The 18th Amendment and Prohibition

In order to talk about the 18th Amendment, we have to first discuss the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement was a social and religious campaign against the consumption of alcohol that began in the early 1800s.

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Podcast # 51: The 19th Amendment and Women’s Suffrage Movement

When people think of the 19th Amendment, they often incorrectly assume that all women received the right to vote at the same time. By 1920, 15 states had full suffrage, and more had what is often referred to as partial suffrage.

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Podcast # 55: Alexander Graham Bell and The invention of The Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell, who was known by his family as Alec, was born Alexander Bell. He added the Graham on his own at the age of 11. The telephone wasn’t his first invention, as a child, he and his brothers made a number of inventions. He was born in Scotland. He was the middle child and his older and younger brother both died of Tuberculosis; his younger brother died a few years before his older brother. He was educated by his father at home and attended school briefly but only until about the age of 15.

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Podcast # 58: Woodrow Wilson Part 1

Woodrow Wilson is a man and President whose policies and beliefs leave him with a troubled legacy. He fits into the category of a former President who did some great things and he also did some terrible things. Uncomfortable conversations and discussing the full picture of historical figures is essential. I think it is safe to say that his early life and upbringing helped to shape his ideals and beliefs which of course, when he became President of the United States, shaped his policies (Both domestic and foreign).

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Podcast # 59: Woodrow Wilson Part 2

Woodrow Wilson is at the helm of the US Government when World War I begins. At the time it was referred to as The Great War.

World War I breaks out in the summer of 1914 in Europe. We have a series of episodes coming out on WWI. We aren’t going to get too much into WWI in this episode, there is just too much to discuss. Be on the lookout for those episodes where we will be joined by a representative from the World War One museum.

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Podcast # 60: Woodrow Wilson Part 3

We talked at great length about Domestic Issues during his Presidency but Foreign Policy wise, there is a lot going on here. We are going to have two –three episodes on WWI. So we aren’t going to go into much detail on that in this episode.

During WWI which acted as a smoke screen for this next event, you have the Armenian Genocide taking place. April of 1915, the first major genocide of the 20th Century begins. Within the Ottoman Empire, which is mostly Muslim, you have a minority group of Armenian Christians. Armenians were seen as scapegoats for the Ottoman Empire’s losses during WWI.

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Podcast # 61: WWI Part 1

World War I or as it was called at the time, The Great War, changed the world as people knew it. By the end of the war, many of the great empires had fallen. Russian Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire.

Kaiser Wilhelm II told soldiers departing for the war, “You will be home before the leaves fall off the trees”. He couldn’t have been more wrong but he wasn’t alone in his thinking. Most of the great powers involved in the war didn’t anticipate the war to last very long.

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Podcast # 62: WWI Part 2

30 nations attended the peace talks. Germany and other Central Powers not invited. Do understand while there are 30 countries present, they are not equal. You have countries that are considered "greater" powers and those that were "smaller" powers.

We typically hear of or speak of what was known as the "Big Four" (US, GB, France & Italy). There is no better proof of this than the seating chart that exists that shows where each country's representative sat at the peace talks.

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Podcast # 63: The life and Presidency of Warren G Harding

When Warren G. Harding was running for President his campaign slogan was a “return to normalcy”. While Harding was one of the most popular presidents, he is widely considered one of the worst. We go into some debate on that at the end of the podcast, but will say for now, that perhaps he was more misunderstood.

World War One is over and now we need to go back to life. There was this need to go back to normal. To go back to the way things were before the whole world had seemed to stand on its head.

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Podcast # 64: The Life and Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge was the Vice President of Warren G. Harding and becomes President after the death of his predecessor. He is elected President in his own right in 1924.

Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872 in Vermont. The only President thus far to be born on July 4th (many have died on Independence Day but so far he is the only one born on that day) His full name was John Calvin Coolidge but he was always known as Calvin.

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Podcast # 65: The Roaring 20s- Key events of the decade and pop culture

When people think of the 1920s, they talk of them as being roaring. The question must be asked “Was it roaring for everyone?”

During this decade, there is an incredible amount of change within the United States, politically socially and economically. Politically, women gain the right to vote. Women are starting to work outside of the home in certain industries that allowed female employees.

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Podcast # 66: The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem has a rich history.
It was once home to Native Americans before the arrival of Dutch settlers who renamed the area New Haarlem – named after a town in the Netherlands. Harlem was once a place filled with farms.
When people think of Harlem, they think of the Harlem Renaissance, they think of the Apollo Theater. The Apollo theater was once a theater for whites only.

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What type of podcasts are included?

US History Repeated podcasts are based on facts relating to American history and politics. They go into detail on topics that highlight and talk about how the US federal government is organized and why, the lives and political careers of US Presidents, the US industrial revolution, US civil war, etc. Listen to our informative podcasts to know more.

Do you have any podcasts about the constitution?

Yes, we have a number of interesting podcasts on the Constitiution. In them we discuss all three branches of the Federal Government. We discuss the various roles of the President and VP, and the restrictions on them. We discuss the Legislative Branch and its powers as well as how a Supreme Court Justice is appointed. We also discuss how and why we have a two part electoral system. Be sure to listen to the complete podcasts to know all of the details.

Can you elaborate on the podcast on voting rights in the US?

Our podcast on voting rights in the US talks about the how, when and why certain groups were given the right to vote throughout US History. Through this US history podcast, we mean to create awareness about the importance of voting and the dangers of limiting voting rights.

How many podcasts are there on your website on George Washington?

Yes, we do have a podcast based on George Washington. In this American history podcast, you will find details about his early life, childhood, elections, etc. We discuss key aspects of his life, presidency and contributions to American history. You can find this podcast on our website. Visit now and enjoy one of our best US history podcasts to date.