[Abridged] Presidential Histories

[Abridged] Presidential Histories

By Kenny Ryan Austin

From Yorktown to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, Abridged Presidential Histories explores the successes, setbacks, and scandals that define each president’s legacy, and then asks what lessons

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  1. Number 1: 16.A.) Lincoln's balancing act, emancipation and reconstruction, an interview with Louis Masur

    How did Lincoln keep the slave-holding border states in the union while also advancing the cause of emancipation? Join me as I interview Louis Masur, a distinguished professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University and author of Lincoln’s Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union , on the tightrope act Lincoln walked to save the union and end American slavery once and for all. Support the show

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  2. Number 2: 31.A.) The political evolution of Herbert Hoover, an interview with Thomas Schwartz

    "My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.” - Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover entered government a self-described progressive. But by the time the end of his life, his opposition to the New Deal had some calling him a father of modern conservativism. What's the truth of the matter? Join me as I talk to Thomas Schwartz, director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, about the evolution of Herbert Hoover and whether he changed, or whether the country changed around him. Support the show

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  3. Number 3: 24.) Grover Cleveland part II 1893-1897

    On the final day of Grover Cleveland's first term in office, his wife turned to a member of the white house staff and said. "I want you to take good care of all the furniture and ornaments in the house, for I want everything just as it is now when we come back again. We are coming back. Just four years from today." Four years later, she was right. Follow along as Cleveland graciously accepts defeat in 1888 only to become convinced he must run again, wins the white house, and them stumbles into one of the greatest economic depressions of the 19th century. By the time he leaves office, the party will be done with him and his brand of small-government politics forever. Bibliography 1. Grover Cleveland – Henry F. Graff 2. Benjamin Harrison – Charles W. Calhoun 3. The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century – Scott Miller 4. T.R. the last Romantic – H.R. Brands 5. The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made – Patricia O’Toole Support the show

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  4. Number 4: 23.B.) What is legacy, anyway? An interview on Benjamin Harrison with Charles Hyde

    Benjamin Harrison presidential accomplishments range from obtaining America's first overseas possession to signing an anti-trust bill that is still the law of the land, but he's hardly known today. Why? Join me as I talk with Charles Hyde, the President and CEO of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Indiana, on why Benjamin Harrison should be better known and what we should remember him for. Support the show

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  5. Number 5: 23.A.) How Benjamin Harrison won his way to defeat, an interview with Charles Calhoun

    Is it possible to win your way to defeat? Benjamin Harrison and the 51st Congress might say so. After passing almost all the legislation they had campaigned on in 1889, American voters dealt them crippling defeats in 1891 and 1893. What went wrong? Join me as I interview Charles Calhoun, a retired distinguished professor of History at East Carolina University, a past president of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the author of Benjamin Harrison, on how Benjamin Harrison and the Republican Party won their way to defeat. Support the show

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