Re-Examining What Happened to Cherokee Land in NC, Other States

Drew Reisinger, Register of Deeds of Buncombe County, NC, and his staff in Asheville, as well as most citizens of the county, didn't have a firm grasp on how the county was formed from mostly Cherokee lands. So they "set out to take a deeper look at that origin story using primary sources to tell a …

Why New England Almost Seceded Over The War Of 1812

WBUR Radio Boston: "New Englanders were vehemently opposed to America's second war with the British. So much so, that serious politicians openly discussed seceding from the Union." The Southern states were mainly agricultural and largely unaffected by tension with Britain. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, from Virginia, had little understanding nor sympathy for the …

States’ Rights Vs. Federal Rights: Factors in Trump-Biden Election Certification, Nullification Crisis of 1832 and in Civil War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQf208o3eI It's ironic that the current dispute over election fraud centers on "conservatives" or Trump supporters who claimed that the federal Congress could nullify election results that have been certified by the states. Eight Republican senators and 139 House members voted for this position on the early morning of Jan. 7, 2021. They wanted Congress …

How Andrew Jackson Reinvented the Presidency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7OiNxkifX8 AndrewJacksonPBS: "A biography of America's 7th president, ANDREW JACKSON: GOOD, EVIL AND THE PRESIDENCYexplores whether Andrew Jackson is a president Americans should celebrate or apologize for. We discover how Jackson fought in the Revolutionary War when he was just thirteen -- then used what he learned to kill a man over a gambling debt; …

Jon Meacham on ‘American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Wdct2_xIw&t=2753s National Constitution Center: "In 2008, author Jon Meacham appeared at the National Constitution Center to discuss “American Lion,” his Andrew Jackson biography that later won a Pulitzer Prize. National Constitution Center trustee and University of Pennsylvania Professor Richard Beeman moderated the event." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBjevhYyI Talks at Google: "Newsweek editor Jon Meacham visits Google's Mountain View, …

H.W. Brands: Andrew Jackson & Troubled Birth of Democracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5J2to3j3w UVA Miller Center on American President: "In this video, author H.W. Brands discusses Andrew Jackson and the troubled birth of democracy. Brands is the author of "Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times." This lecture is part of the University of Virginia Miller Center's Historical Presidency Series. Will Hitchcock, the Miller Center's director of research …

Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, and the Rise, Fall and Rise Again of the Whig Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJhMJVWbTE Mr. Beat explains how Henry Clay, concerned that President Andrew Jackson acted too much like a king and claimed too much executive power, formed the Whig political party in the early 1930s. It lasted a little over two decades, and attracted many prominent Americans, including a young lawyer in Illinois by the name of …

Debates: History Vs. Andrew Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5IyumKmDI Ted-Ed: "Andrew Jackson was both beloved and loathed during his presidency. In this imaginary courtroom, you get to be the jury, considering and weighing Jackson's part in the spoils system, economic depression, and the Indian Removal Act, as well as his patriotism and the pressures of the presidency. James Fester explores how time shapes …

Second Most Transformative Election: 1828, Andrew Jackson Beats John Q. Adams

Aside from the Election of 1800, which surprised everyone by ending peacefully, and reducing the Federalist Party to its New England regional base, most historians' lists of dramatic, consequential elections include 1828, a rematch of the 1824 contest between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams after the allegedly "corrupt bargain" that Jackson believed put Adams …

Complicated Legacy of America’s 7th President, Andrew Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGfxyeuy8u8&t=72s This documentary, "Good, Evil, and the Presidency of Andrew Jackson 1824-33" explores the complexity of the legacy of the seventh president. <a href="http://President Jackson and the Indian Removal Bill. He supported moving Native Americans west of the Mississippi. The Indian Removal Bill became the first major focus of his administration. More videos. As numerous …