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The 20th Century is up and running and the next President in our series, Woodrow Wilson, is in for a challenge. Reconstruction is over, Europe is on the precipice of war, and women are campaigning for suffrage. So how does this two term presidency play out?
From granting women the right to vote to segregating the Federal Government, how progressive was the 27th President? Where did Wilson stand on American isolationism during the First World War? And where did the League of Nations come from?
Don is joined by Dr Michael Kazin for this episode. Michael is a professor of History at Georgetown and author of several acclaimed books including ‘What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party’ and ‘War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918’.
Produced by Freddy Chick and Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
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Serving from 1817 to 1825, James Monroe’s presidency was only the fifth presidency of the United States. Monroe’s time in power saw the development of republicanism and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 signalled the growing cracks between north and south.
But this was also the end of an era. Monroe was the final President of the United States to have been a Founding Father.
He was also the last of the three presidents to have died on July 4th. To find out why this was a strangely fitting end to Monroe’s life, Don spoke to Dr. Brook Poston, Associate Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, author of ‘James Monroe: A Republican Champion’ and co-author of ‘Parallel Lives: Romans and the American Founders’.
Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Siobhan Dale. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
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