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1968: A Tumultuous American Year

1968 was an extremely turbulent and painful year in the United States of America. The Vietnam War was in full swing, as well as the protest movement against it. Gallup Poll results in February of 1968 showed that fully half of the American populace disapproved of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 1 year7 months ago
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Race, Politics, and Chaos in the Capitol: The Election of 1876

The consequences of 1876 were enormous. To end the the election limbo, Democratic and Republican politicians worked out a shadowy deal in which Rutherford Hayes was declared the president (by one electoral vote!) and the Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction in the former Confederacy. The results of the “Compromise of Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year7 months ago
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Cash in a Bag

Join Elizabeth and Katie as they discuss some scintillating political scandals in U.S. politics.

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 6 years5 years ago
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