Leave plenty of time for a giveandtake around the table. Socialism is in the air right now but the book first of all is a history i will quickly set the history then spend some minutes and then we can have a back and forth. So socialism was coined by the followers of a small group of thinkers the british and french they were about to overthrow governments who had ideas of sharing and also have the quite a good idea the way to get there was to demonstrate the validity of their ideas. And they created through the mid 18 hundreds 40 or 50 of these experimental communities mostly in the United States even though these visionaries were europeans. Why in the United States . Its easy to get land and because the social mores were much more fluid and their ideas were taken seriously. Perhaps the most important was robert oh when he announced he was coming to the United States to create a community to demonstrate the validity of his ideas and was taken tremendously seriously he commissioned an a
Soon find out. Three main points i want to discuss. Three so whats for today. The first is on the role of president ial character. Our history is oftentime made by powerful characters. In the white house, character is king. What were going to find out today, these two elections and other related elections were influenced in part to a good degree simply by the character of the individuals that were going to discuss, strongwilled folks, personalities shape history. Second point, scandals have shaped history. We dont like to admit this. Its not a source of pride for our country, but more often than not, major scandals have had a Significant Impact on the course of history. Now, for whatever political scandals there are today, know that weve been there, done that. Whatever politicians are doing today, theres a long history of that. And in this case with these two elections, possibly the most important factor in influencing the elections was scandal. The third point, our democracy is a work
University of tennesseeknoxville professor Daniel Feller talked about president Andrew Jackson and the politics of the mid19th century. They also talk about how jacksons presidency was interpreted by historians. This is about an hour and 50 minutes. Professor feller there is this phrase, jacksonian democracy that shows up. It is pervasive in a historical literature. What is jacksonian democracy . Is it a Political Movement . Is it merely jacksons Democratic Party . If so, what does that party stand with . Does it lay legitimate claim to the name of democratic . Or is that just party labeled . If the jacksonians are the democracy, does that mean democracy is contested and their opponents are not democratic . Or is democracy the spirit of an age in which case, jacksonian democracy does not mean jacksons Political Movement. It is democratized from an earlier period. If the latter, if jacksonian democracy is a really merely a word to describe the times, why did we name it after jackson . W
To move to the cloud. As a result, even civilian agencies are turning to cloud services. Monday night at in iraq eastern on the communicators on cspan 2. You are watching American History tv weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like a fun facebook. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films that tell the story of 20th century america. Planes lineup to take part in the greatest error invasion in history. Americans, british, and canadians make up this army crossing the rhine in the north. In this leapfrog over german positions east of the rhine. This trip is really necessary for victory, as the first planes get away. Carefully guided to avoid s narl. Its a gigantic task to get the two planes and gliders away from their bases in england safely. A job without presidcedent. Take off instructions Winston Churchill and general eisenhower of their progress from the ground, near the rhine. Then the Prime Minister takes a Vantage Point as the p
American artifacts programs anytime visiting our website cspan. Org history. You tweak American History each week American History tv sits in with a lecture from one of the Nations College professors. You can watch the classes here. Next, university of tennesseeknoxville professor Daniel Fowler and his class talk about president Andrew Jackson and the politics of the mid19th century. They also talk about how jacksons presidency was interpreted by historians. This is about an hour and 50 minutes. Professor feller we are considering the problem of drug sodium democracy and let me frame the problem. There is this phrase, jacksonian democracy, that shows up. Jacksonian democracy and let me frame the problem. There uses this phrase, jacksonian democracy that shows up. It is pervasive in a historical literature. What is jacksonian democracy . Is it a Political Movement . Is it merely jacksons Democratic Party . If so, what does that party stand for. Does it lay legitimate claim to the name o