What america should be. The northerners who won had an idea of what america should be. The indians and the chinese at out west had ideas about what america should be and certainly the northern men who had won the war had ideas about what the country should be. The critical question as to what it was going to be was who was going to have a say in it. We have gone to that as well, but who had a say in what that new nation was going to be was going to have a dramatic affect on what it eventually became. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives in the late 19th century and their role in what was really the reconstruction, the true rebuilding of the north, south, and the west into a new nation in the wake of the civil war. The story of women is more crucial to that story than most people realize. Most people when they think about womens rights in america start here and you probably know about this from high school, the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 when a number of women came tog
morning. i m jonathan kaye part, this is the sunday show. and now, the unprecedented weaponization of the justice department and the fbi to break into a home of a former president of the united states. for six straight years, i ve been harassed, investigated, defame, slandered, and persecuted like no other president. and like no other president, he could be indicted soon. that may be why donald trump would on a 90 minute rant at a rally in ohio last night. he comes on the heels of the justice department officially appealing the decision by trump appointed judge alien cannon. the block the doj from using the classified documents seized in mar-a-lago and it s criminal mastication. the matter now heads to the 11th circuit quarter of appeals where trump appointees makes six of 11 active judges on the circuit. meanwhile, the special master appointed to sift through 11,000 documents to see if any should be shielded from investigators, has made his first official move. judge
were never taught. the election of 1800. they were for president for candidates as it turned out. there was supposed to be to john adams was running as a federalist inmate upon thomas jefferson running as a republican. jeff assembles running with ehrenberg, that was the ticket. jeff jefferson burner was the vice president. back to before the top amendment whoever got the most electoral votes would be the president and for reasons i don t need to get into although it is very exciting. ehrenberg decided he had a shot at president given the fact that the federalist were playing games they knew the adams clinic at the presidency and having decided that they decided to try to stop thomas jefferson. they had a problem even though hamilton, despise jefferson and aaron burr, he despised aaron burr more and add bad experiences. with aaron burr, jefferson was furious that the federalist were playing games and that burr had stabbed him in the back. in the end as pointed out in the smith
candidates for president as it turned out they were supposed to be two, john adams was running as a federalist made upon thomas jefferson running as a republican jefferson was running with aaron burr. jefferson burr is the vice president hurry back to before the 12th amendment who ever got thewh most electoral votes would be the president. for reasons i don t need to get into although it s very exciting aaron burr decided he had a shot at being president. the federalist were playing games and they knew adams can get the presidency and having decided that they then decidedo to try to stop thomas jefferson. they had a problem even though hamilton despised both jefferson number he decides to more they were both with bad expenses. with burr jefferson was furious about all the visit they were playing games and he was furious that burr had stabbed him in the back. in the end it was pointed out in the smithsonian a piece written 2004 and excellent piece by john, the federalist decid
Host carol, it is nice to have this conversation with you for cry very much enjoyed reading your book the bill of rights the fight to secure americas liberties and my first question is easy. Why did you write the book . [laughter] probably i wrote a brilliant solution that americans have a mix in the country. But this is part of ours in the real story is so much more interesting and admirable one that i was tempted with a lot of people i spoke to that thought bill of rights was part of the original constitution and that it was written by the statues in the park all brilliant with no egos and it became instantly the most important part. That there is a story here to tell. Did you have been intended audience . In my younger days the intended audience was other people in my field but in the last 1516 years that they need to talk to the public as interested people who go to the ballot box so the audience that i intended for like friends are family that are not historians who have a curiosi