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The Suburban Era, 1945-1963

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 25:59


Eisenhower, Sputnik, JFK, & Krushchev are discussed on the American History Podcast in this episode.

Politicast- Public Finance in Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 19:27


Learn the breakdown of the budget with all the various funds that go through the legislative process in Texas.

Politicast-Local Government in Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 31:05


Learn about different types and levels of local government in Texas

Cold War America, 1945-1954

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 32:15


The origins of the Cold War between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Is traced in this podcast episode.

America's Rise to Globalism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 48:32


Learn about the Second World War and how it affected America.

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 38:08


Dive into the Great Depression and New Deal efforts to end it

The 1920s

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 20:55


Jazz, Gatsby, the Harlem Renaissance, flappers, and more await in this podcast all about the 1920s

The United States and the collapse of the old world order

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 38:24


Dig into the First World War and uncover America's place within it.

Politicast- The Texas Judiciary

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 16:37


Synopsis of the judicial court system and structure in Texas.

Politicast- Texas Executive Branch

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 22:20


Synopsis of the Texas Executive branch

Politicast-The Texas Legislature

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 28:56


Synopsis of the Texas Legislature

Politicast-Interest Groups in Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 21:23


Synopsis of interest groups in Texas.

Politicast- Campaigns and Elections in Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 24:41


Synopsis of campaigns and elections in Texas

Politicast-Political Parties in Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 58:18


Dive in to learn about the shifts in the political parties in Texas throughout history and what the future may tell for parties in the Lone Star State.

Politicast-Texas in the Federal System

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 41:03


Learn how Texas fits in the federal system

Politicast- Texas Constitutions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 73:32


Learn about the different constitutions Texas has had throughout its history.

Politicast- TX Govt: Political Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 77:59


Learn about what's going on Texas and why we are the way we are down here!

Politicast- Policy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 119:06


Segment 1 focuses on economic policy, pt 1 & 2 of segment 2 examine social policy, while segment 3 looks at American foreign policy

PolitiHistocast- The Federal Courts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 41:21


Learn how the courts in America operate, how they're organized, and how they've changed throughout American history

Politicast- The Presidency and the Bureaucracy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 89:02


Learn about the office of the president and how the government bureaucracy in America works.

Politicast- Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 68:07


Explore the United States Congress, how it is organized, how bills become law, and how it all works.

Politicast- Interest Groups

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 57:16


Learn about interest groups in the U.S. and how the work to influence the policy making process.

Politicast- Campaigns and Elections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 94:16


Tune in to hear about campaigns and elections in the U.S.

Politicast- Political Parties

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 87:36


Let's talk about the history of political parties and how our current government operates using these political parties

Politicast- Participation and Voting

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 77:50


Take a look at how voting in the U.S. varies with turnout, electoral laws, election outcomes, and barriers to voting.

Politicast-The media

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 83:08


Learn about the media's role of informing the public of news and government decisions and policies.

The Progressive Era!!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 76:23


One of my favorite time periods in American history, the Progressive Era witnessed a wave of social, economic and political reforms that impacted people of all races, gender, religion, ethnicity, and geography.

Realignment at Home and Empire Abroad

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 75:54


Political realignments in the U.S take place while imperialism begins to rear its ugly head abroad in Cuba and the Philippines, culminating in the Spanish-American War.

The Rise of an Urban Order

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 58:30


How the cities developed and the problems that plagued them during the latter decades of the 19th century

The New Industrial Order, 1870-1900

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 74:08


Corporations, mergers, trusts and holding companies expand big business and threaten the workers world, leading to organized unions and strikes.

Government- Public Opinion podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 99:19


Dive into public opinion and how American government stays attuned to public opinions and preferences on issues, topics, and policies.

The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West (1870-1890)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 64:17


Learn what the American South and Western United States developed into following the Civil War and Reconstruction. Railroads, farmers, and Indians, oh my!

Reconstruction after the U.S. Civil War (1865-1877)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 57:35


Dive in to American society and a hint of government in the postwar years to discover the policies of Reconstruction, especially in the South.

The Rise of Democracy 1824-1850

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 52:14


The Jacksonian Era of American politics: the contested 1824 election, Andrew Jackson's presidency, Indian removal, rising racial discrimination and more are covered in this episode.

The opening of America, 1815-1850

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 48:02


Transportation, infrastructure, industrialization, economic changes, and more are covered in this episode of the American History podcast.

Post Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 63:56


Examine the first decade of independence from 1776-1789

Early National period, 1789-1824

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 84:24


After ratification of the Constitution, upheaval in Europe between England and France threatens to upend the new Republic, which will go to war with Britain in 1812 to affirm their sovereignty.

Government-Public Opinion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 57:57


Find out how public opinion is shaped, formed, how circumstances and events can shape or change public opinion and how we measure it in America.

The American Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 58:46


Dive into history with the Second Continental Congress in 1775 all the way through the Treaty of Paris in 1783x

Government-Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 67:07


The first segment focuses on Civil Liberties and what your individual rights are under the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution. The second segment focuses on Civil Rights and how various groups have fought for equal rights and what has been done to remedy past injustices.

Government-Federalism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 18:27


A concise explanation of federalism in America

Government-The Founding and the Constitution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 29:04


Dive into the early American republic to learn more about the founding of America and the creation of the Constitution

Citizens and Government

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 46:41


In this government podcast episode, the relationship between citizens and government is examined and explained to give a better understanding of what American democracy is and how it works.

Imperial Crisis, Imperial Triumph

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 77:36


The years following the Seven Years' War were riddle with political upheaval and strife in the American colonies. Tune in to hear more about how the stage for revolution was set.

Eighteenth-century America

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 57:47


Take a look at eighteenth century America, the Enlightenment, and the Great Awakening on the eve of the Seven Years' War aka the French and Indian War

Colonization in the North 1600-1750

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 56:37


Dive into American history with this podcast focusing on early northern and New England settlement.

Colonization 1600-1750

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 58:27


Take a look at the Spanish colonization of the American Southwest and Florida and the English colonization of the Chesapeake area, Carolinas and the Caribbean.

Old Worlds, New Worlds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 38:55


Learn about Europe and Asia on the eve of colonization of the Americas and the early colonization experiments of Africa and Ireland.

Pre-colonial Native Americans

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 31:14


Tune in to learn about the pre-colonial Native American cultures and societies that flourished all throughout the Americas and Caribbean prior to European contact.

Welcome to American History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 1:18


Stay tuned for more episodes of American History with Professor Cheryl Boswell

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