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Westward Ho! 58



Westside is the best side…Unless you died of dysentery along the way.  #OregonTrail.  Manifest Destiny broadens the horizons of the young United States, but there’s a dark side to westward expansion.


Andrew “Mother F#@%!ng” Jackson 57



The American government wages war on Native Americans and the banks…at the behest of Andrew Jackson.  The Trail of Tears becomes one of America’s darkest stories.


The Era of Good Feelings 54



America is feelin’ good-ish!  We are talking national unity, the Monroe Doctrine, and the elephant in the room tearing the country apart…slavery.


Seminole Wars 53



Florida is open territory for Andrew Jackson to deal a hand…or three.


Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812) 50



Old Hickory makes history in the most tragic battle of the War of 1812.


Lewis and Clark (Part Two) 45



This expedition could be titled, “Sacagawea and Lewis and Clark.”  Learn why…


West Side 40



In California, a king still rules from Spain as land is stolen from Native Americans.


This Land Is Your Land…It’s Now My Land 32



Native Americans come out of the American Revolution with the shortest straw, and America throws another skeleton in their closet.


California and the Spanish 18



Spain is on a “mission” of faith!