Tag Archives: trail of tears

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.