
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Two toasts, one dinner, and the Union trembled. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson declared, “Our Federal Union—it must be preserved.” His vice president, John C. Calhoun, shot back, “The Union—next to our liberty most dear.” That duel of words captured the central tension of Jacksonian America: how far federal power should reach. In this episode, we unravel four dramas—the Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal, the Bank War, and the rise of the Whigs and Democrats—to trace a single argument about power, democracy, and dissent. It’s the story of “King Andrew,” rebellion, removal, and the republic that survived them both.
By Zach Garrison, Riley Keltner, and Mike Hill5
2626 ratings
Two toasts, one dinner, and the Union trembled. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson declared, “Our Federal Union—it must be preserved.” His vice president, John C. Calhoun, shot back, “The Union—next to our liberty most dear.” That duel of words captured the central tension of Jacksonian America: how far federal power should reach. In this episode, we unravel four dramas—the Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal, the Bank War, and the rise of the Whigs and Democrats—to trace a single argument about power, democracy, and dissent. It’s the story of “King Andrew,” rebellion, removal, and the republic that survived them both.

91,047 Listeners

78,326 Listeners

229,121 Listeners

43,732 Listeners

38,097 Listeners

87,588 Listeners

112,734 Listeners

6,190 Listeners

47,758 Listeners

14,672 Listeners

16,053 Listeners

13 Listeners

26,636 Listeners

3 Listeners

1,642 Listeners